# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PetSmart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212225` · 12/27/2017 · HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** PetSmart, Inc.
- **Location:** 1070 Iyannough Road, HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS, 02601
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking a dog to a bathing area when the dog bit the employee. The employee suffered puncture wounds to the right forearm and was hospitalized.

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