# Multiple types of open wounds at VCA Forest South Animal Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2023032380` · 3/16/2023 · UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Forest South Animal Hospital
- **Location:** 24341 Western Avenue, UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS, 60484
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bringing a dog inside when the dog got loose and attacked the employee, resulting in bite wounds and lacerations to the face.

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