# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021010796` · 1/28/2021 · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by animal, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7005 Covello Dr. S, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98108
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier was walking to the next delivery when a dog came up from behind and jumped on him, knocking him to the ground. The employee suffered a broken right hip and broken left elbow.

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