Venomous animal bite except "bugs" · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Land Services Operating, LLC, Reverie Dr North, PALM COAST, FLORIDA 32137
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was trimming bushes. When he set his trimmer down, a pygmy rattlesnake bit him.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Venomous snakes
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