# Cuts, lacerations at DPR Construction
> OSHA SIR `2022076204` · 7/15/2022 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Fish, shellfish
## Employer
- **Name:** DPR Construction
- **Location:** approx 4mi off shore of SE Gandy bridge boat ramp, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33611
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a boat captain with bringing in a 4-foot bull shark that had been caught on a fishing line. The employee reached down over the side of the boat and contacted the shark's mouth. The shark's teeth lacerated the employee's right middle finger.

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