# Open wounds, unspecified at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20190910163` · 9/28/2019 · SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 10000 unknown road, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, 85257
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had delivered mail to a residence and was walking back to his vehicle when a dog pushed through a security screen and attacked him. He suffered a severe dog bite on his left hand, requiring surgery.

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