# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015063491` · 6/8/2015 · KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 219 Glenwood Drive, KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19406
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/6/15, an employee was bitten on the left hand by a stray dog while delivering mail. The bite later became infected and required hospitalization.

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