# Open wounds, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019033094` · 3/25/2019 · LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
## 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
- **Location:** 4500 Annshire Ave, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 40213
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had just dropped mail through a mail slot when a dog came through a screen door and bit her right calf. She fell to the ground, and the dog removed the calf muscle from her leg.

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