# Avulsions, enucleations at Veterinary Centers of America
> OSHA SIR `2019087956` · 8/3/2019 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Veterinary Centers of America
- **Location:** 6868 Canine Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43235
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 3, 2019, an employee was putting feed in a kennel when a dog bit the tip of the employee's ear off. The employee was hospitalized.

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