# Multiple types of open wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021087034` · 8/18/2021 · MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple arm locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 2801 Park Avenue, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, 38114
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had just delivered mail to a house and was going down the steps when two dogs came out of the house and attacked her. One of the dogs jumped at her and bit her right arm while she lay on the ground. She suffered severe puncture and bite wounds to the forearm and biceps area.

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