# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20191112082` · 11/21/2019 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 12648 E Alaska Ave, AURORA, COLORADO, 80012
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking on a sidewalk delivering mail, an employee was attacked by a dog.  The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to the right forearm.

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