# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Community Partners
> OSHA SIR `2023109585` · 10/17/2023 · DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Community Partners
- **Location:** 113 Crosby Rd #1, DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03820
- **NAICS:** 623220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.

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