# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at York College of Pennsylvania
> OSHA SIR `2015053787` · 5/30/2015 · WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonvenomous insect bites
- **Source:** Mosquitoes
## Employer
- **Name:** York College of Pennsylvania
- **Location:** Wallops Island, WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA, 23337
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On or about 5/30/15, an employee was bitten by a mosquito while conducting lab work outdoors on Wallops Island in Virginia. The employee was later hospitalized. The mosquito may have been infected with the West Nile virus.

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