Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VCA Pets Are People Too Roswell Animal Hospital, 535 Sun Valley Drive, ROSWELL, GEORGIA 30076
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attacked by a police dog while trying to tag it. The dog attacked her face and left arm, causing the loss of a third of the muscle mass in her arm, the loss of her lower right eyelid, and cuts all the way through her bottom lip.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Dogs, canines-domestic
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