# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at VCA Central Park Animal Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2021075458` · 7/3/2021 · PLANTATION, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Central Park Animal Hospital
- **Location:** 10131 Cleary Boulevard, PLANTATION, FLORIDA, 33324
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to put a muzzle on a cat in order to trim its nails when the cat bit the worker, resulting in a puncture wound to the right index finger that became infected and required hospitalization.

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