PHOENIX, ARIZONA—
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Multiple types of contact with animals · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized after being bitten and scratched by a customer's cat.
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