Incident date: 2025-03-28
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was conducting an experiment with a rat. The rat bit a finger (first digit) on the employee's left hand that resulted in swelling and pain due to an infection. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Non-venomous animal bites  except "bugs"
code_source: title: Rodents
code_nature: title: Allergic and irritant dermatitis  acute
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate