PORTLAND, ME ·
OSHA Injury Report: MAIN OFFICE CARRIER SECTION_1378768
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at MAIN OFFICE CARRIER SECTION_1378768 in 125 FOREST AVE, PORTLAND, ME 04101 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was city carrier in mail and Parcel Delivery.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MAIN OFFICE CARRIER SECTION_1378768
- Parent company
- US Postal Service
- Street
- 125 FOREST AVE
- City
- PORTLAND
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 04101
- On-site location
- Customer Property
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Delivering mail.
What happened
At approximately [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] PTF city carrier was delivering mail to [REDACTED] was delivering an assist of dps and parcels and was unfamiliar with the route. She had just left the house to the left and was walking across [REDACTED] 's lawn as she saw a mail slot in the front door. As she was crossing the lawn two dogs appeared from the far side of the house and approached barking. The smaller of the two stopped but the larger continued toward her. The carrier backed slowly across the lawn to create distance between them but the dog followed. It leapt at the carrier and ended up biting her on index finger of the right hand drawing blood. The carrier had dog spray on them but stated they had mail in their hands and weren 't able to react in time. [REDACTED] animal control was alerted of the incident. There is a dog warning card but the carrier was not aware of it as it wasn 't among the dps or parcels they were given. The house has an invisible fence and a mailbox at the en
Injury or illness
Index finger-Right- Bite or Sting
Object or substance involved
Dog.
Summary line
Dog bite right hand 2nd digit when delivering mail
Employee and industry
- Job description
- CITY CARRIER
- SOC code
- 43-5052: Postal Service Mail Carriers
- NAICS code
- 491110: Mail and Parcel Delivery
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 183
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 398,436
- EIN
- 41760000
- Establishment ID
- 1212799
- Employer case #
- 195587
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:01
- Time of incident
- 03:01
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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