# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Hillside Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043821` · 4/24/2025 · POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Non-venomous animal bites  except "bugs"
- **Source:** Dogs, canines domestic
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hillside Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc.
- **Location:** 51 SPCA Road, POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17901
- **NAICS:** 813312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was returning a dog to his kennel after a walk. The dog turned on her and bit her right upper arm, causing lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

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