# Open wounds, unspecified at VCA North Academy Animal Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2022010872` · 1/28/2022 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## 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 North Academy Animal Hospital
- **Location:** 5875 North Academy Boulevard, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80918
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An veterinary employee was checking on a patient (dog) 45 minutes after they were sedated, when the dog bit the employee's hand, resulting in hospitalization.

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