# Cuts, lacerations at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017087761` · 8/14/2017 · GILMANTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1 Main St, GILMANTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03237
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 14, 2017, at approximately 4:30 PM, an employee was attempting to deliver mail at a residence when she was attacked by the resident's dog. She suffered a serious laceration to the left lower calf, requiring hospitalization.

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