# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025054714` · 5/19/2025 · NEWALLA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
- **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:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 5265 South Dobbs, NEWALLA, OKLAHOMA, 74857
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a package to a house when they were attacked and bitten by a dog, resulting in a broken right wrist and an open wound on the left elbow.

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