# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016087485` · 8/11/2016 · INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
## 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:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 3322 West 16th Street, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 46222
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee's right hand was bitten by a dog while delivering mail to a resident's door, requiring hospitalization.

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