# Fractures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2019077104` · 7/13/2019 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 1200 William Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14240
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A postal employee was bitten by two dogs, causing the employee to fall and hit their head on the concrete walking surface. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture.

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