# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Veterinary Specialty Center
> OSHA SIR `2015096681` · 9/13/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Veterinary Specialty Center
- **Location:** 2242 W. Harrison St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60612
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting the doctor with a blood draw on a cat and was bitten on the thumb.

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