# Open wounds, unspecified at PetSmart
> OSHA SIR `2022108702` · 10/3/2022 · YONKERS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** PetSmart
- **Location:** 2458 Central Park Avenue, YONKERS, NEW YORK, 10710
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching to pick up a dog when it bit the employee's left index finger. The finger became swollen and infected, and the employee was hospitalized the next morning.

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