# Amputations at Carriage Hills Animal Clinic & Pet Motel, P.C.
> OSHA SIR `2020021844` · 2/25/2020 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Carriage Hills Animal Clinic & Pet Motel, P.C.
- **Location:** 3200 Eastern Boulevard, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36116
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the cage door after walking the dog and the dog jumped up on door. As the employee went to close the door to prevent the dog from escaping, the dog bit her hand through the cage bars. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated and required surgery.

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