# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017077195` · 7/19/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Animal and insect related incidents, unspecified
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 8040 S. Kolmar, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60652
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized for a left leg injury after she was attacked by a dog while delivering mail.

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