# Avulsions, enucleations at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023065102` · 6/9/2023 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 130 Hunsford St., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45216
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/09/2023, an employee was delivering mail when she noticed a chained dog. She moved to the sidewalk to skip the delivery, but the dog broke loose from the chain and attacked the employee. The employee was bitten above the left knee and sustained another bite on the inside of the left knee that removed skin and exposed muscle and bone.

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