# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019099245` · 9/6/2019 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1200 William Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14240
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee pulled into a driveway to deliver parcels that would not fit into a mailbox. The employee got out of their vehicle to retrieve parcels out of the back. As her back was turned, a dog came from behind and bit her right forearm and hand, removing a section of skin from the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

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