# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center (USDA-ARS)
> OSHA SIR `2024064970` · 6/6/2024 · LELAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Mauled, clawed, scratched by animal
- **Source:** Fish
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center (USDA-ARS)
- **Location:** 141 Experiment Station Road, LELAND, MISSISSIPPI, 38756
- **NAICS:** 541715
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 6, 2024, at 2:30 PM, an employee was working in a catfish pond helping to transfer the fish from a pond being drained to a new pond, when his foot contacted a catfish. The catfish responded by "finning" the employee, causing a puncture wound to the top of his left foot. He was hospitalized for an infection.

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