# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Houston SPCA
> OSHA SIR `2016021153` · 2/6/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Houston SPCA
- **Location:** 900 Portway Dv., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77024
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to put a cat into a temporary holding cage, so that she could clean the cat's main holding cage. As she reached her left hand in to handle the cat, it bit her. The employee received 27 puncture wounds as a result. The employee was hospitalized for further treatment.

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