# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025088143` · 8/15/2025 · LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Client or customer
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 225 Ridgedale Rd, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, 40206
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A mail carrier was delivering mail when aggressive dogs approached. The dog's owner tried to restrain the dogs but one dog broke loose and the mail carrier pepper sprayed that dog. The dog's owner then pushed the mail carrier and he fell on the pavement and injured his neck. The mail carrier was hospitalized.

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