# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Blue Pearl Vet, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017069348` · 6/7/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## 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:** Blue Pearl Vet, LLC
- **Location:** 410 West 53rd Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10019
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was caring for a feline patient and the feline bit the employee. The employee was hospitalized due to potential infection.

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