# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016076173` · 7/9/2016 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 2300 W. Story Road, IRVING, TEXAS, 75038
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when a dog came from behind and bit him in the left ankle and left palm.

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