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

A mail carrier was walking back to his truck after delivering a parcel. A dog came out of a house through a dog door, attacked him, and knocked him to the ground. He suffered bites to both forearms and was hospitalized, requiring 40 stitches.

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: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate