# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017033817` · 3/28/2017 · GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1625 Walker Ave NW, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, 49504
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was attacked by two dogs while delivering the mail resulting in bites to the hand, arms and chin requiring stitches and a broken arm.

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