# Cuts, lacerations at VCA Aventura Animal Hospital & Pet Resort
> OSHA SIR `2022098407` · 9/22/2022 · AVENTURA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Aventura Animal Hospital & Pet Resort
- **Location:** 19101 Biscayne Boulevard, AVENTURA, FLORIDA, 33180
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a dog from the dryer after the dog's bath. As the employee opened the cage door and went to pet the dog, it bit her on the face, resulting in a laceration.

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