# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
> OSHA SIR `2019099945` · 9/23/2019 · JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
- **Location:** 350 South Huntington Avenue, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02130
- **NAICS:** 813312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:00 a.m. on September 23, 2019, a doctor was bitten by a cat on the right wrist and hand while treating it. The wound became infected, and the employee was hospitalized later that evening.

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