# Open wounds, unspecified at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2019088039` · 8/6/2019 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 2106 W. Cucharras St., COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80904
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a house when a dog came out of the door and bit her left hand, left wrist, and right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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