Stings and venomous bites · Other or unspecified allergic reactions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PETSMART, 11791 Bandera Rd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78250
on — Other or unspecified allergic reactions , affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was handling a coral snake when she was bitten on the right hand. The employee suffered an allergic reaction and was hospitalized for administration of anti-venom.
An employee was putting a dog into a kennel when the dog pulled on the leash and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture and required surgery.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was reaching to pick up a dog when it bit the employee's left index finger. The finger became swollen and infected, and the employee was hospitalized the next morning.
An employee was stocking a shelf with dog treats that were on a pallet. He tripped over the corner of the pallet, fell, and broke his hip, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.
An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working to put a dog in a kennel. The dog pulled hard on the employee, causing a lumbar disc herniation and severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.