# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pennsylvania SPCA
> OSHA SIR `2015119000` · 11/23/2015 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Pennsylvania SPCA
- **Location:** 350 East Erie Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19134
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Nov. 23, 2014, at approximately 9:00 PM, an employee sustained an animal bite (cat) to her right finger.  She was treated and released at the ER. Later, due to swelling, she was admitted to the hospital and underwent surgery on the tendon in her right finger.

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