# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at ASPCA - Caninie Annex for Recover and Enrichment (CARE)
> OSHA SIR `2025087621` · 8/2/2025 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(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:** ASPCA - Caninie Annex for Recover and Enrichment (CARE)
- **Location:** 424 East 92nd Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10128
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was petting a dog's belly during an enrichment walk when the dog bit and severed part of her left ear.

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