Incident date: 2024-10-15
NAICS industry code: 541940

An employee was taking the temperature of a cat in a small cage when the cat turned around and bit her left thumb, resulting in a puncture wound that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Non-venomous animal bites  except "bugs"
code_source: title: Cats, felines domestic
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate