# Open wounds, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service Kansas City, Kansas
> OSHA SIR `2023042976` · 4/4/2023 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service Kansas City, Kansas
- **Location:** 550 Nebraska Avenue, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66101
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a residence when they were attacked by a dog. The employee was knocked to the ground and bitten on the left leg.

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