# Amputations at U. S Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016054546` · 5/24/2016 · ANGLETON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S Postal Service
- **Location:** 617 Cothran, ANGLETON, TEXAS, 77515
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to residence and was bitten by a dog resulting in the amputation of the right index fingertip.

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