# Fractures at U.S. Postal Service - Golden Valley Post Office
> OSHA SIR `2024076400` · 7/15/2024 · GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Non-venomous animal bites  except "bugs"
- **Source:** Dogs, canines domestic
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service - Golden Valley Post Office
- **Location:** Customer Address, GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA, 55427
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 15, 2024, at 5:15 p.m., an employee was delivering mail on a property when they were bitten by a dog, resulting in hospitalization due to puncture wounds and a broken bone in the left wrist.

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