# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PetSmart Store 1103, Brandywine
> OSHA SIR `2022054417` · 5/20/2022 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## 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:** PetSmart Store 1103, Brandywine
- **Location:** 3010 Brandywine Parkway, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19803
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in a dog spa check-in area when a dog bit the employee's left hand, causing wounds that became infected. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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