# Amputations at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020054920` · 5/28/2020 · CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 8240 Ballentine Commons Parkway, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28277
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a package at a resident's home when a dog escaped out the door and attacked her. She received bites on the left leg (thigh near knee) and right leg (back of thigh), and her left thumb tip was bitten off.

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