Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 12/13/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191212825 · 12/13/2019 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
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: 1916 Birmingham Ridge Road, SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI, 38866
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was delivering mail. She stepped out of her vehicle to deliver a package to a house and a dog bit both her legs; she fell and suffered a wrist injury. The bites became infected and she was hospitalized.

Source

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