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OSHA Injury Report: SCRANTON_1381046

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at SCRANTON_1381046 in SCRANTON, PA 18505 resulted in days away from work. Employee was rURAL CARRIER in mail and Parcel Delivery.

Establishment
SCRANTON_1381046
Parent company
US Postal Service
Street
2800 STAFFORD AVE
City
SCRANTON
State
PA
ZIP
18505
On-site location
Rural Route
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
18
Days restricted or transferred
11

DELIVERING A PACKAGE TO THE CUSTOMER

Customer was walking her dog who was on a leash at approximately [REDACTED]. Rural carrier was approaching her box to deliver her mail. Rural carrier had an oversized parcel that would not fit in the mailbox; so when the employee went to deliver the package to the customer The dog jumped up and grabbed and bit the employee 's right forearm.

Forearm-Right- Bite or Sting

THE TEETH OF THE DOG

DOG BITE TO THE RIGHT FOREARM

Job description
RURAL CARRIER
SOC code
43-5052 — Postal Service Mail Carriers
NAICS code
491110 — Mail and Parcel Delivery
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
124
Total hours worked
232367
EIN
41760000
Establishment ID
1167899
Employer case #
159837
Date of incident
Shift started
7:01:00.000
Time of incident
12:01:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:23:23:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.