Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at VCA Central Park Animal Hospital
Start: 7/3/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075458 · 7/3/2021 · VCA Central Park Animal Hospital

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
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 Central Park Animal Hospital
Location: 10131 Cleary Boulevard, PLANTATION, FLORIDA, 33324
NAICS: 541940
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to put a muzzle on a cat in order to trim its nails when the cat bit the worker, resulting in a puncture wound to the right index finger that became infected and required hospitalization.

Source

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