Incident date: 2022-05-19
NAICS industry code: 611310

On May 19, 2022, a postdoctoral fellow was handling rats during an experiment. A rat bit her right index finger, and the wound became infected resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
code_source: title: Rodents
code_nature: title: Open wounds, unspecified
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate