PLANTATION, FLORIDA·
VCA Central Park Animal Hospital
Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at VCA Central Park Animal Hospital, 10131 Cleary Boulevard, PLANTATION, FLORIDA 33324 on , Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was attempting to put a muzzle on a cat in order to trim its nails when the cat bit the worker, resulting in a puncture wound to the right index finger that became infected and required hospitalization.
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