# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2020043361` · 4/13/2020 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 4601 Inglenook Lane, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 13, 2020, a UPS employee was returning to her package car after making a delivery to a customer's porch. When the customer opened their door to retrieve their package, a dog ran out of the house and bit the employee's right calf. The employee was hospitalized.

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