# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019055073` · 5/20/2019 · NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 6550 Main St, NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, 34652
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A letter carrier was delivering mail to a residence and was bitten by a dog. The employee sustained severe lacerations to the right hand and middle finger and the lower right leg.

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