Venomous animal bite except "bugs" · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Green City Growers, Fidelity Investment Corporate Office - Garden, WESTLAKE, TEXAS 76262
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
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Final narrative
An employee was manually harvesting carrots from a vegetable garden when she was bitten by a copperhead snake on her left hand/lower arm. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.
An employee was servicing an air conditioning unit. While he was working to connect the manifold gauges to the port, a rattlesnake bit him on his right hand.
An employee was helping to set up a mulch blowing truck when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee, a concussion, and a head laceration; they also received stitches on their arm.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the saw cut his thumb, index, and middle fingers. His index finger was amputated and he was hospitalized.
An employee was mowing a residential lawn at a client's house. The mower slid on the land and tipped over onto him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra in the neck and partial paralysis.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.