# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Dallas Zoo Management, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088317` · 8/14/2018 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Nonvenomous snakes
## Employer
- **Name:** Dallas Zoo Management, Inc.
- **Location:** 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75203
- **NAICS:** 712130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a python from a temporary cage. The python bit the employee's arm.

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