Amputations

Name: Amputations at US Postal Service
Start: 5/28/2020

1 amputation · 2020054920 · 5/28/2020 · US Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
Source: Dogs, canines-domestic

Employer

Name: US Postal Service
Location: 8240 Ballentine Commons Parkway, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28277
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was delivering a package at a resident's home when a dog escaped out the door and attacked her. She received bites on the left leg (thigh near knee) and right leg (back of thigh), and her left thumb tip was bitten off.

Source

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