# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2024109305` · 10/5/2024 · SAINT ALBANS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  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:** USPS
- **Location:** 2729 Kanawha Terrace, SAINT ALBANS, WEST VIRGINIA, 25177
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when they were attacked by a large dog, resulting in a fracture to their right leg and bite wounds on their right arm.

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