# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Newman Veterinary Centers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085446` · 8/5/2015 · DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Newman Veterinary Centers, Inc.
- **Location:** 1130 Beville Rd., DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32114
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a cat for a veterinary exam when the cat turned its head and bit into the employee's left-hand tendon between the index finger and thumb.  The employee required surgery.

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