Allen Plumbing & Backflow Services, Inc.

Stings and venomous bites — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified — ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Allen Plumbing & Backflow Services, Inc. in ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA
Employer Allen Plumbing & Backflow Services, Inc. Report ID 2015085883
Address 714 W. Blue Springs Avenue City, State ZIP ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA 32763
Event Date August 18, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Stings and venomous bites Source of Injury Venomous snakes
Industry (NAICS) 238220 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 28.94000, -81.30000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing beside a truck watching the septic tank get pumped out. The employee bent to pick up the hose and was bitten by a coral snake on the right index finger.

Incident Summary

On August 18, 2015, a worker at Allen Plumbing & Backflow Services, Inc. in ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA suffered poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as stings and venomous bites, with venomous snakes identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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