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Accident Summary Nr: 149052.015 - Employee Is Killed By Dog Attack Injuries While Delivering M

Accident Summary Nr: 149052.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/21/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1616540.015	08/23/2022		491110	U.S. Postal Service

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on August 21, 2022, an employee was delivering mail as rural carrier specialist for the U.S. Postal Service. The employee was using a personally owned vehicle for the normally assigned route when the vehicle stopped operating. The employee left the vehicle and started walking down the street when five dogs entered the street and attacked the employee. The employee sustained multiple dog bite laceration and puncture wounds to both legs, both arms and her face, and was killed.

Keywords: Animal, Animal Bite, Arm, Delivery Work, Face, Laceration, Leg, Mail Carrier, Puncture, Puncture Wound

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1616540.015	61	M	Fatality		Mail carriers, postal service

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