# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PetIQ
> OSHA SIR `2022086959` · 8/7/2022 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** PetIQ
- **Location:** 8676 Goodwood Blvd., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70806
- **NAICS:** 424990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a health screening on a cat when the cat bit her hand. The following day, the employee began experiencing swelling and a fever due to an infection from the bite. She was hospitalized.

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