MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS , 350 South Huntington Avenue, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASSACHUSETTS 02130
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s) and wrist(s).
Final narrative
At about 8:00 a.m. on September 23, 2019, a doctor was bitten by a cat on the right wrist and hand while treating it. The wound became infected, and the employee was hospitalized later that evening.
HospitalizedHand(s) and wrist(s)Cats, felines-domestic
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