# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Animal Care and Control of NYC
> OSHA SIR `2025054282` · 5/7/2025 · RIDGEWOOD, NEW YORK
## 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:** Dogs, canines domestic
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Animal Care and Control of NYC
- **Location:** 1906 Flushing Avenue, RIDGEWOOD, NEW YORK, 11385
- **NAICS:** 813312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a dog out of a kennel. The dog lunged for the leash and bit the employee's left hand, causing a laceration.

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