# Open wounds, unspecified at U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
> OSHA SIR `2017098617` · 9/7/2017 · MODESTO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
- **Location:** 910 Muir Road, MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, 95350
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On 9/07/2017, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was delivering mail when she was attacked by a vicious dog. The dog bit her right arm, wrist, and hand. She was hospitalized overnight for possible surgery.

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