# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Animal Care & Control
> OSHA SIR `2016076829` · 7/27/2016 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Animal Care & Control
- **Location:** 6227 5th Avenue North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35204
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to open a kennel to put a catch pole around a dog when she tripped and fell. The dog ran through the open gate of the kennel and attacked her, biting her right forearm and elbow.

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