# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center of Westbury
> OSHA SIR `2024109585` · 10/15/2024 · WESTBURY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(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:** Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center of Westbury
- **Location:** 609-5 Cantiague Rock Road, WESTBURY, NEW YORK, 11590
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking the temperature of a cat in a small cage when the cat turned around and bit her left thumb, resulting in a puncture wound that required hospitalization.

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