# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at HES Facilities Management
> OSHA SIR `2022021179` · 2/8/2022 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## 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:** HES Facilities Management
- **Location:** 3900 Loretto Road, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32223
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 8, 2022, an employee was cleaning a classroom at an elementary school when she encountered a feral cat. The cat bit the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized the following morning because of an infection or an allergic reaction to the treatment provided at the clinic the day before.

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