Bitten and struck by animal · Multiple types of open wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Palm Valley Animal Center, 2501 W. Trenton , EDINBURG, TEXAS 78539
on — Multiple types of open wounds, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On February 2, 2017, at about 5:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to euthanize a possum when it bit the employee's right hand and scratched the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedMammals, n.e.c.
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