# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021075640` · 7/9/2021 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 2901 Reach Road, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a home. A dog attacked the employee causing the employee to fall and the dog latched onto the employee's hand. The employee sustained a hand injury and was hospitalized.

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