Bitten by a dog at work

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Hello all. Adult child (19) was bitten by a dog at work today whilst delivering. Woman had the dog on a lead. It bit his leg and wouldn't let go. Teeth mark puncture wounds, nasty bruise where it clamped its jaws and blood. GP doesn't do emergency tetanus so advised A&E. They've gone now.

Owner said, "sorry" and disappeared. No garden. Owner was outside flat, DC asked if they were #X as they had a delivery for them.

Luckily it wasn't a big dog.

What do you think should happen in this circumstance? (tried to add a poll but it wasn't working on my phone).

Report to the dog warden at the council

Has he reported this to his employer?

Yep dog warden and inform his manager

Ring 111 & seek medical advice now
If skin is broken, will probably need vaccinations

Work have filled in the relevant forms. At A&E now (as advised by GP). Dog warden, good idea. I wonder if employer will do that- will there be any privacy/data breach issues if DC tells us the address to pass on to dog warden?

Make sure he gets antibiotics, tetanus quite unlikely from a bite but dogs have horrible bacteria in their mouths .
report to the dog warden

Take photos of the wound.

He's with the Doctor now.

Jabs, antibiotics and cleaned.

Ensure a note is made on the work system, so others know.
Possibly report to the police, as it is clearly a reactive/dangerous dog.

Report to the Police via 101 and the dog warden.

It’s an offence to let a dog be dangerously out of control whether that’s in public or private.

A dog is considered to be out of control if it:

injures someone
makes someone worried that it might injure them

Report to the police! If that had been a child a lot smaller that dog could have bitten them in the face!

You can share data about a potential crime

Most councils don't have dog wardens now. He needs to report it to the police on the non emergency number.

I know our local A&E automatically report dog bites to the police (my husband was bitten by Rottweilers - a few years ago now). Police followed it up.

Hope your son is OK. That is scary.

Yup, medical advice, document injury, speak to employer and speak to police.

Unfortunately without identifying the owner and their address/contact details the chances are it will not go further than that, it should... but the police resources need to stake out a street and find the offending dog owner would be high.

The owner should have given their contact details, and should take swift action to resolve the issue by buying a well fitting muzzle, teaching their dog to wear it comfortable and not let their dog get so close to people that it feels sufficiently threatened as to bite them!

It isn't beyond the realms of possibility that this is the first time this has happened with this owner but muttering 'sorry' and then doing a bunk is unacceptable shitty behaviour!

as a PP some a&e automatically report dog bites to the police. I would also do the same just ring 101 and give them the details.

in addition, if the area around the bite mark is red, get your DS to draw round it as that way you can both monitor if the redness spreads as this can mean IV antibiotics are needed instead

Dh is a postie and has been bitten a few times, including one nasty occasion early last year which has left him with a hard raised scar. They won't do more than 5 tetanus jabs in your lifetime now, which he used up years ago, so it was a case of clean and dress the wound and keep an eye out for signs of infection. Royal Mail send a letter warning the occupier of the house that dog must be restrained in future and any other incidents would result in refusing to deliver to them. That's it though, no police involvement or anything. Unfortunately it's seen as almost par for the course in delivery jobs.

Ok. Thank you all for your time and advice. I'll draw a line around and keep an eye and I'll get him to report it (or I will).

Report to the police, next time the dog could attack a child or a frail person and cause a very serious injury. I'm sorry your son has been bitten, it's really horrid. The owner should have given their name and address but I suppose that's too much to hope for. And I second drawing around the bite to make sure infection doesn't spread. My cat bit me years ago, I drew round it and realised infection was spreading quickly. Cat bites are worse than dogs for infection, their teeth are like needles and inject all sorts of filth into the wound. I always tell people to go to doctors or A&E for antibiotics and not ignore it.
Hope your son is OK soon.

DH is a data protection lawyer. He says no.

Thank you

Get some legal advice. If the injured person can sue do so. Always make a very big fuss. Dog owners are not above the law when they let their dogs injure someone.