# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at VCA Falcon Village Animal Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024087340` · 8/10/2024 · SUWANEE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **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 Falcon Village Animal Hospital
- **Location:** 2030 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, SUWANEE, GEORGIA, 30024
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was restraining a cat to prepare for a physical exam when the cat flipped over and bit them on their right hand palm near the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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