Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 8/8/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025087837 · 8/8/2025 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 1471 Millerdale Rd, BEXLEY, OHIO, 43209
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just delivered mail to a house and was walking toward the next one. A dog came from around a vehicle in the driveway and bit the employee's lower right calf.

Source

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