# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171211586` · 12/6/2017 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## 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:** THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, INC.
- **Location:** 5 North Q Street, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32505
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a cat room from the night before when she tried to pick up a cat, and the cat bit her left hand. The bite became infected and required hospitalization that evening.

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