# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016099131` · 9/27/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(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:** 7117 Bauman Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77022
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bitten by a dog on the left elbow as he was delivering mail.

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