Incident date: 2019-01-06
NAICS industry code: 541940

An employee was holding a cat in place so an IV could be administered when the cat became agitated and bit the employee's right hand. The bite puncture wounds became infected, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
code_source: title: Cats, felines-domestic
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate