# Amputations at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2017076840` · 7/22/2017 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 447 Drycove Street, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15210
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when a dog broke through a home's screen door and bit the employee's left little fingertip, amputating it.

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