# Cuts, lacerations at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021086916` · 8/14/2021 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 2000 McDonough Street, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when a dog ran across the street and bit her arm, resulting in cuts that required hospitalization.

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