Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Start: 9/23/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099945 · 9/23/2019 · MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
Source: Cats, felines-domestic

Employer

Name: MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Location: 350 South Huntington Avenue, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02130
NAICS: 813312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 8:00 a.m. on September 23, 2019, a doctor was bitten by a cat on the right wrist and hand while treating it. The wound became infected, and the employee was hospitalized later that evening.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown