# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at VCA Great Lakes Veterinary Specialists
> OSHA SIR `2024098415` · 9/10/2024 · WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **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 Great Lakes Veterinary Specialists
- **Location:** 4760 Richmond Road, WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44128
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a cat with an electrocardiogram lead when the cat bit her index finger and she was hospitalized.

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