# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024043587` · 4/25/2024 · SAINT ALBANS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## 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:** 191-17 100th Road, SAINT ALBANS, NEW YORK, 11412
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when a dog bit their wrist causing a laceration.

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