Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at Horseheads Community Animal Shelter, Inc
Start: 12/13/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231211359 · 12/13/2023 · Horseheads Community Animal Shelter, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

Event: Multiple types of animal and insect incidents, n.e.c.
Source: Cats, felines-domestic

Employer

Name: Horseheads Community Animal Shelter, Inc
Location: 150 Wygant Road, HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK, 14845
NAICS: 812910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing a cat cage for a new intake when a cat that was loose in the cat room bit and scratched the employee. The employee was hospitalized with puncture wounds to the fingers of both hands and a scratch on their left leg.

Source

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