# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2025065505` · 6/9/2025 · MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **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:** USPS
- **Location:** 109 Barbara Road, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06457
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mail carrier was delivering mail to a home when a dog broke through a door and bit his head, face, arms, and legs.

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