# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at VCA Amherst Animal Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024021569` · 2/20/2024 · BUTTE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Non-venomous animal bites  except "bugs"
- **Source:** Cats, felines domestic
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** VCA Amherst Animal Hospital
- **Location:** 2330 Amherst Avenue, BUTTE, MONTANA, 59701
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to capture a cat that was under a car in a veterinary clinic parking lot. The cat bit her right hand, and she was hospitalized.

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