Bite or sting insects, "bugs" · Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects dizziness, headache
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 West National Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53295
on — Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects dizziness, headache, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was in the middle of a walking meeting was she was stung by a bee. The employee had a reaction to the bee sting resulting in bradycardia and loss of consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Bees, hornets, wasps
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