# Open wounds, unspecified at VCA Wellington Animal Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2019033152` · 3/26/2019 · NEWTOWN SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Wellington Animal Hospital
- **Location:** 3921 Miller Road, NEWTOWN SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19073
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sedating an aggressive dog for grooming when the dog bit the employee's hand. The bite wound became infected and required hospitalization.

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