# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Mediacom Communications LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043668` · 4/26/2024 · LACON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lip(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:** Mediacom Communications LLC
- **Location:** 521 3rd St., LACON, ILLINOIS, 61540
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered a home to complete a work order and was bitten by a dog. The employee sustained lacerations to the upper lip that required surgery and hospitalization.

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