# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Thrive Pet Healthcare
> OSHA SIR `2025065904` · 6/20/2025 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **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:** Thrive Pet Healthcare
- **Location:** 6959 Arapaho Road Suite 216, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75248
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was restraining a cat so a sterile urine sample could be obtained. The cat bit the employee's left middle finger. The wound had to be debrided and the employee was later hospitalized with an infection in the joint.

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