Incident date: 2024-07-04
NAICS industry code: 541940

An employee was transporting a dog with a muzzle from the owner's car to a gurney. The dog was trashing around. The muzzle came off and the dog bit the employee's right hand. The employee sustained 3-4 puncture wounds on the top and bottom on her right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Non-venomous animal bites  except "bugs"
code_source: title: Dogs, canines domestic
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate