# Open wounds, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021087281` · 8/25/2021 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** private residence, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73109
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A postal employee was delivering mail to a residence when three large dogs broke through a fence and attacked. The employee suffered bites to both arms and the right thigh that required stitches.

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