# Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20181212632` · 12/9/2018 · LAPEER, MICHIGAN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 2426 Virginia Parkway, LAPEER, MICHIGAN, 48446
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While an employee was delivering mail, a dog located at a residence jumped into an open window of the postal vehicle and bit the employee on the nose causing a loss of cartilage and a nose fracture.

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