# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20171212207` · 12/26/2017 · TEANECK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 751 PALISADES AVENUE, TEANECK, NEW JERSEY, 07666
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/26/2017, at approximately 5:10 PM, an employee attempted to deliver mail to a residence and was returning to his vehicle when a dog exited the residence and attacked him. The dog knocked him to the ground and bit his left cheek.

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