# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025065167` · 6/1/2025 · COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **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:** 8505 Two Notch Road, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29223
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a package to a house when a dog came through the storm door, jumped on the employee, and bit them in the lower jaw.

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