# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT
> OSHA SIR `2020032883` · 3/30/2020 · WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT
- **Location:** 993 North Main Street, WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06117
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A veterinarian was preparing to give an IV injection to a cat. The cat bit the veterinarian's left thumb; the bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized.

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