# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20171211538` · 12/5/2017 · DE KALB, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Gored or rammed by animal
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 5201 FM 2735, DE KALB, TEXAS, 75559
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering mail, an employee went up to a house to see if it was vacant. A large dog then knocked her to the ground, breaking her right hip.

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