# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Amedisys Home Health Care
> OSHA SIR `2022032129` · 3/9/2022 · SCOTT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Amedisys Home Health Care
- **Location:** 809B Pitt Rd, SCOTT, LOUISIANA, 70583
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was providing hospital care at a patient's home. The patient's dog attacked the employee, who suffered abrasions and bites to the head, the left side of the face, both arms, and the lower abdomen.

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