Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc., 15843 SE 78th Street, WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32096
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was completing a request to remove a rattlesnake from an office building when it bit his left thumb, resulting in swelling.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSVenomous snakes
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