# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Wildland Conservancy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032236` · 3/10/2017 · EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Mammals, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wildland Conservancy, Inc.
- **Location:** 3701 Orchid Place, EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA, 18049
- **NAICS:** 115210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking an opossum out for exercise when the animal bit her on the hand. The employee was hospitalized for an infected animal bite.

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