# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024098120` · 9/2/2024 · HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **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:** 90 Lakewood Dr., HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28792
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a package when a dog came out of the residence and bit her several times on both arms. The employee was hospitalized with severe lacerations to her arms and chest.

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