# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Veterinary Innovative Partners
> OSHA SIR `2024098844` · 9/23/2024 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Veterinary Innovative Partners
- **Location:** 1997 Industrial Hwy, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a routine examination of a cat when the cat bit the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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