# Open wounds, unspecified at NORTH CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `20161211994` · 12/29/2016 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTH CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 520 MADISON OAK, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78258
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to give medication to a patient when the patient became agitated and bit the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*