# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016087326` · 8/7/2016 · DENHAM SPRINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple arm locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 140 Del Orleans, DENHAM SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, 70726
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While delivering mail, an employee was bitten by a dog on the upper and lower left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required stitches.

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