TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma Natural Gas Company meter reader has a broken arm after being attacked by a dog in Tulsa.
The worker's name hasn't been released.
Tulsa animal control investigator Jake Wilson says the meter reader had jumped a fence in the back yard of the home to read the meter Thursday when he was attacked by a 140-pound bull mastiff.
The dog bit into the man's arm and didn't let go until the worker began stabbing the animal in the head with a screwdriver.
Wilson says the dog is under quarantine for 10 days and the owner likely faces a $75 fine because it isn't neutered. He says the dog probably won't be considered vicious because the attack was inside the owner's fenced property.