# Open wounds, unspecified at Terminix, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019077224` · 7/16/2019 · LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Terminix, Inc
- **Location:** 721 McCullough Road, LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39339
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

When an employee was walking to the garage of a residential dwelling, the home owner's dog came from the garage and bit the employee's right forearm. The employee was hospitalized for an infection.

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