PORTER, TEXAS—
EPSA USA Products, Inc.
Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at EPSA USA Products, Inc., 21558 FM 1314 Rd, PORTER, TEXAS 77365 on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee's finger was bitten by a venomous snake while attempting to search for a welding pipe. The employee was hospitalized.
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