# Open wounds, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019066073` · 6/17/2019 · WHITESTONE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 14-44 150th Street, WHITESTONE, NEW YORK, 11357
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering mail, an employee was bitten by a dog on the right knee and left ear. The employee was hospitalized.

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