# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Amarillo Veterinary Clinic
> OSHA SIR `2016054385` · 5/19/2016 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Amarillo Veterinary Clinic
- **Location:** 3104 SE 10th Street, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79104
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to retrieve a cat from a cage to give it a shot when the cat turned and bit her.

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