# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015041858` · 4/9/2015 · BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 138 Forsyth Street, BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30204
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 25, 2015, an employee received a dog bite to the lower right leg.  On April 9, 2015, the employee was hospitalized by her primary care physician due to an infection that occurred from the dog bite.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*