Ingestion of harmful substance · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ranger Energy Services, Rig 5024 Well site, DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA 58601
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized after drinking methanol from an unlabeled bottle.
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