# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at ZOO ATLANTA
> OSHA SIR `2016098388` · 9/6/2016 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Mammals, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ZOO ATLANTA
- **Location:** 800 CHEROKEE AVENUE SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30315
- **NAICS:** 712130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bitten on the left forearm by a giant mother panda while swapping twin baby pandas. The employee had surgery for nerve and artery damage.

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