# Multiple types of open wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022021557` · 2/17/2022 · GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **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:** 401 McConnell St., GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 38930
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A postal service employee was delivering mail when they were bitten on the back of their lower legs by a dog at the residence. The employee sustained puncture wounds and lacerations.

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