# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025087837` · 8/8/2025 · BEXLEY, 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:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1471 Millerdale Rd, BEXLEY, OHIO, 43209
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just delivered mail to a house and was walking toward the next one. A dog came from around a vehicle in the driveway and bit the employee's lower right calf.

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