# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at VCA Animal Hospital of East Hartford
> OSHA SIR `2015074779` · 7/17/2015 · EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Animal Hospital of East Hartford
- **Location:** 334 Silver Lane, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06118
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bitten on the wrist by a cat on Friday, 7-17-15, at 5:15 p.m. The wound later became infected and required hospitalization.

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