# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023054516` · 5/20/2023 · GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 10441 Stanford Ave, GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA, 92842
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier was delivering mail to a private residence when a dog came through the screen door and bit the employee's left wrist resulting in a fractured wrist that required surgery.

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