# Cuts, lacerations at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2017099414` · 9/30/2017 · MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 1069 Landry Lane, MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA, 70380
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a parcel at a rural residence when a dog bit the employee's left hand and shoulder, causing lacerations that required hospitalization and surgery.

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