# Open wounds, unspecified at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021032508` · 3/24/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 2609 Sherborn Dr., SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62702
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A letter carrier went up on a porch to deliver mail to a home when a dog came out of an open window in the screen door and attacked her, biting the left side of her face. A second dog also attacked, biting her on the right calf. The employee was hospitalized and required reconstructive surgery on her facial wounds.

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