Incident date: 2019-09-06
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee pulled into a driveway to deliver parcels that would not fit into a mailbox. The employee got out of their vehicle to retrieve parcels out of the back. As her back was turned, a dog came from behind and bit her right forearm and hand, removing a section of skin from the forearm. The employee 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: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate