# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025032786` · 3/25/2025 · OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvic region  unspecified
- **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:** 900 JEFFERSON ST, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, 98501
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier was delivering mail when they were attacked by a dog. The employee was hospitalized.

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