# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at A Caring Doctor
> OSHA SIR `2025087859` · 8/8/2025 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Mauled, clawed, scratched by animal
- **Source:** Cats, felines domestic
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** A Caring Doctor
- **Location:** 4451 Lemay Ferry Road, Saint Louis, MO 63129, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63129
- **NAICS:** 541940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A veterinarian was examining a cat when it scratched her hand. The wound became infected and she was hospitalized.

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