# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015053251` · 5/28/2015 · MARION, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **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:** 12335 Bermuda Drive, MARION, ILLINOIS, 62959
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering mail to a private residence, a mail carrier was attacked by a resident's dog.  The carrier received 3 puncture wounds to the arm.  She received treatment the day of the event.  She went to a specialist the next day who admitted her to the hospital.

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