# Open wounds, unspecified at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019066003` · 6/14/2019 · VALLEY MILLS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 802 Sadler Rd., VALLEY MILLS, TEXAS, 76689
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bitten by a dog on her lower right arm while working on her mail route, suffering a possible infection.

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