# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at BluePearl Veterinary Partners, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054901` · 5/30/2017 · LEVITTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** BluePearl Veterinary Partners, LLC
- **Location:** 301 Veterans Highway, LEVITTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19056
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was caring for a cat when it bit the employee. The next day the bite became infected and required hospitalization.

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