# Open wounds, unspecified at WALMART Store #3018
> OSHA SIR `2021097666` · 9/7/2021 · FOUNTAIN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** WALMART Store #3018
- **Location:** 6310 South HWY 85 & 87, FOUNTAIN, COLORADO, 80817
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was starting her shift at the fuel station. She walked past a person that had a dog carrier attached to their bicycle. The dog was on a leash, but it jumped out of the carrier and bit the employee's left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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