# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017043850` · 4/26/2017 · EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **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:** 3831 Elm Street, EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA, 46312
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail at a customer's residence when the customer opened the door to take out the trash and a dog ran out and bit the employee's right forearm.

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