# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT
> OSHA SIR `2021086676` · 8/9/2021 · WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT
- **Location:** 993 North Main Street, WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06117
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A veterinary employee was bitten on the arm by a cat as she restrained it on an exam room table.

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