# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MSPCA
> OSHA SIR `2022043620` · 4/27/2022 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** MSPCA
- **Location:** 350 SOUTH HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02130
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a client get their dog out of a vehicle. The dog bit her left hand; she developed cellulitis and was hospitalized.

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