Bites and stings, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Heath Consultants Incorporated, 2270 Spring Lake Road, Suite 200 and 300, FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS 75234
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
While finding a gas line's tracer wire, an employee moved vegetation from around a gas meter and was bitten on the right ring finger by a snake. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableReptiles, unspecified
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