# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021054041` · 5/17/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** 1927 E. Sangamon, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62702
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 17, 2021, at approximately 12:30 p.m. a letter carrier was delivering mail to a residence when a dog broke free from his chain and attacked her. She sustained a bite on her right thigh and a cut on her head from falling to the ground. She was hospitalized.

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