# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025054447` · 5/11/2025 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **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 States Postal Service
- **Location:** 896 Ruma Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a parcel to a residence when a dog escaped from the house and chased them. The employee tripped and fell to the ground, and the dog bit them on the right shin and calf. The employee was hospitalized with severe lacerations and punctures.

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