Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U. S. Postal Service
Start: 9/6/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099245 · 9/6/2019 · U. S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), 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: 1200 William Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14240
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee pulled into a driveway to deliver parcels that would not fit into a mailbox. The employee got out of their vehicle to retrieve parcels out of the back. As her back was turned, a dog came from behind and bit her right forearm and hand, removing a section of skin from the forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown