# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Patt Veterinary Associates
> OSHA SIR `2017064991` · 6/1/2017 · GILBERTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Patt Veterinary Associates
- **Location:** 239 Oberholtzer Rd, GILBERTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19525
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a cat from a kennel when the cat bit the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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