Incident date: 2017-05-17
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was bitten by a dog while delivering mail on a walking route. The employee's right palm was punctured and became infected, requiring hospitalization.

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: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate