# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at National Institutes of Health
> OSHA SIR `2015030931` · 3/3/2015 · BETHESDA, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Mammals, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Institutes of Health
- **Location:** 9000 Rockville Pike, BETHESDA, MARYLAND, 20892
- **NAICS:** 541711
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was taking a Rhesus monkey out of the rig. She was unfastening the last head post when the monkey bit her right small finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*