# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021054013` · 5/17/2021 · DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 16 Kelsey Drive, DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03824
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mail carrier was walking back to his truck after delivering a parcel. A dog came out of a house through a dog door, attacked him, and knocked him to the ground. He suffered bites to both forearms and was hospitalized, requiring 40 stitches.

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