Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 8/18/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021087034 · 8/18/2021 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple arm locations, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

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

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 2801 Park Avenue, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, 38114
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee had just delivered mail to a house and was going down the steps when two dogs came out of the house and attacked her. One of the dogs jumped at her and bit her right arm while she lay on the ground. She suffered severe puncture and bite wounds to the forearm and biceps area.

Source

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