# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Petropolis
> OSHA SIR `2021064554` · 6/4/2021 · CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI
## 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:** Petropolis
- **Location:** 16830 Chesterfield Airport Road, CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI, 63005
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee at a boarding facility opened a cat enclosure to feed a cat and clean the enclosure when the cat bit her left hand.

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