Venomous animal bite except "bugs" · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products J-Lease on the Kenedy Ranch, SARITA, TEXAS 78385
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was walking from their truck to a dehydrator unit when a rattlesnake bit the back of his left calf.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Venomous snakes
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