# Open wounds, unspecified at Petsmart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088468` · 8/16/2019 · DIBERVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Petsmart, Inc.
- **Location:** 3948 Promenade Pkwy, DIBERVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39540
- **NAICS:** 453910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to begin grooming a dog when it bit her left thumb. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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