# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Hillside SPCA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054018` · 5/3/2017 · POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Hillside SPCA Inc.
- **Location:** SPCA Road, POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17901
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding and moving a house cat when it bit her right index finger. Her finger and hand became swollen due to an infection, requiring hospitalization.

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