Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Yellowstone Landscape Southeast LLC, 3702 River Heights Crossing SE, MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30067
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was trimming shrubs when he was bitten by a copperhead snake.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSVenomous snakes
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