Incident date: 2021-05-17
NAICS industry code: 491110

On May 17, 2021, at approximately 12:30 p.m. a letter carrier was delivering mail to a residence when a dog broke free from his chain and attacked her. She sustained a bite on her right thigh and a cut on her head from falling to the ground. She was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
code_source: title: Dogs, canines-domestic
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate