# Skull fracture and intracranial injury at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017043367` · 4/13/2017 · COON RAPIDS, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Skull fracture and intracranial injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Gored or rammed by animal
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 507 Main St., COON RAPIDS, IOWA, 50058
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had just delivered mail and was walking down the driveway when a dog jumped on him and knocked him to the ground. He lost consciousness and suffered a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage, requiring hospitalization.

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