# Open wounds, unspecified at Banfield Pet Hospital #5319
> OSHA SIR `2023098648` · 9/19/2023 · STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Banfield Pet Hospital #5319
- **Location:** 2000 West Main Street, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06902
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was vaccinating a cat when the cat bit the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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