Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP, Agua Dulce Communications Site, AGUA DULCE, TEXAS 78330
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to troubleshoot a power interruption at a communications site when they were bitten by a rattlesnake. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSVenomous snakes
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