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United States Postal Service

Other animal bites, nonvenomous — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at United States Postal Service in WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer United States Postal Service Report ID 2021075640
Address 2901 Reach Road City, State ZIP WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 17701
Event Date July 9, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Other animal bites, nonvenomous Source of Injury Dogs, canines-domestic
Industry (NAICS) 491110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.22000, -77.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee was delivering mail to a home. A dog attacked the employee causing the employee to fall and the dog latched onto the employee's hand. The employee sustained a hand injury and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 9, 2021, a worker at United States Postal Service in WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as other animal bites, nonvenomous, with dogs, canines-domestic identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 318 severe injury reports involving "Other animal bites, nonvenomous" incidents in our database. Browse all Other animal bites, nonvenomous injuries.

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