Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Border Patrol-Douglas Station, 1608 S Kings Hwy, DOUGLAS, ARIZONA 85607
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was conducting area orientation activities in his station's area of responsibility when a rattlesnake bit his lower right leg.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSVenomous snakes
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