# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043722` · 4/22/2025 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **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:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 305 Longbranch Rd, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13209
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bitten by a dog while making a delivery at a residential address. The employee sustained bites to the right ankle, right wrist, and injured both elbows. The employee was hospitalized for surgical repair of the right ankle injury.

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