# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2015129754` · 12/28/2015 · SEMINARY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** 214 Evergreen Church Road, SEMINARY, MISSISSIPPI, 39479
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a truck to begin work trimming trees.  As the employee walked around the truck to place a wheel chock, a dog came out from under the carport of a home and bit the employee's right forearm. The employee was treated and released. He was later admitted to the hospital for an infection.

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