OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221490527
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
INTERLACHEN, FL—
Event description
Employee Is Killed By Dog Attack Injuries While Delivering M
Investigation 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.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 355
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