Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at United States Postal Service
Start: 6/6/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025065417 · 6/6/2025 · United States Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Part of body unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs"
Source: Dogs, canines domestic
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: United States Postal Service
Location: 1258 Washington Street, BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02184
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when a dog charged at him and attacked him, biting him. While escaping from the dog, the gate latch did not engage and he went to climb over the fence; he fell and suffered a broken leg.

Source

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