# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Customs and Border Protection-Border Patrol
> OSHA SIR `2018044146` · 4/30/2018 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Customs and Border Protection-Border Patrol
- **Location:** 8901 Montana Ave., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79925
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a canine from a kennel when it bit the employee's left forearm, requiring hospitalization.

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