# Open wounds, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service - Lynwood Post Office
> OSHA SIR `2018088791` · 8/27/2018 · LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - Lynwood Post Office
- **Location:** 11200 Long Beach Blvd, LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, 90262
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On August 27, 2018, an employee was delivering mail when a dog broke through a screen door and attacked the employee, biting the employee's lower right calf.

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