# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Philips North America LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109165` · 10/19/2022 · MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Philips North America LLC
- **Location:** 508 South Church Street, MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15666
- **NAICS:** 423450
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering in-person support for patient monitor installation at a hospital. While in the hallway, the employee encountered a hospital employee walking a patient's emotional support dog. The dog bit the employee's left hand, and the employee was hospitalized for infection.

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