# Multiple types of open wounds at Horseheads Community Animal Shelter, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20231211359` · 12/13/2023 · HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of animal and insect incidents, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cats, felines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Horseheads Community Animal Shelter, Inc
- **Location:** 150 Wygant Road, HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK, 14845
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a cat cage for a new intake when a cat that was loose in the cat room bit and scratched the employee. The employee was hospitalized with puncture wounds to the fingers of both hands and a scratch on their left leg.

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