# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Wright City Veterinary Clinic
> OSHA SIR `2025077563` · 7/31/2025 · WRIGHT CITY, MISSOURI
## 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:** Wright City Veterinary Clinic
- **Location:** 111 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, WRIGHT CITY, MISSOURI, 63390
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A veterinarian was listening to a cat's heart when the cat bit their left thumb. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

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