# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024032026` · 3/5/2024 · LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Non-venomous animal bites  except "bugs"
- **Source:** Dogs, canines domestic
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1801 N. Martin Luther King, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 89106
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On March 5, 2024, a mail carrier was delivering a letter to a customer. When they entered the gated yard, two dogs attacked them resulting in a broken right leg, broken right arm, and bite injuries to the head.

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