# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
> OSHA SIR `2019055253` · 5/24/2019 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonvenomous insect bites
- **Source:** Spiders, scorpions
## Employer
- **Name:** TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** Tuttleman Building, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19122
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 24, 2019, an employee was bitten by a spider. The employee was hospitalized the next day when the bite became infected.

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