# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at VCA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043129` · 4/1/2018 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA, Inc.
- **Location:** 9706 Mockingbird Dr., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68127
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to put a catheter into a cat when the cat bit her hand. The bite became infected, requiring hospitalization.

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