# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Silver Maple Pet Center
> OSHA SIR `2025065875` · 6/20/2025 · DES PERES, MISSOURI
## 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:** Silver Maple Pet Center
- **Location:** 2014 North Ballas Road, DES PERES, MISSOURI, 63131
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was participating in playtime with a cat. She was petting the cat when the cat bit her right 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*