# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Blue Pearl Specialties and Pet Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2021053649` · 5/3/2021 · LEVITTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Pearl Specialties and Pet Hospital
- **Location:** 301 Veterans Hwy, LEVITTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19056
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was restraining a cat in preparation for sedation when the cat bit the employee's hand, resulting in hospitalization due to an infection.

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