Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at Palm Valley Animal Center
Start: 2/2/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021052 · 2/2/2017 · Palm Valley Animal Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

Event: Bitten and struck by animal
Source: Mammals, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Palm Valley Animal Center
Location: 2501 W. Trenton, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78539
NAICS: 541940
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On February 2, 2017, at about 5:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to euthanize a possum when it bit the employee's right hand and scratched the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown