Incident date: 2025-06-20
NAICS industry code: 541940

An employee was restraining a cat so a sterile urine sample could be obtained. The cat bit the employee's left middle finger. The wound had to be debrided and the employee was later hospitalized with an infection in the joint.

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: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate