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Lowes Home Centers Inc. dba Lowes Home Center LLC

Stings and venomous bites — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified — HINESVILLE, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Lowes Home Centers Inc. dba Lowes Home Center LLC in HINESVILLE, GEORGIA
Employer Lowes Home Centers Inc. dba Lowes Home Center LLC Report ID 2021054221
Address 385 Fairview Circle City, State ZIP HINESVILLE, GEORGIA 31313
Event Date May 24, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Stings and venomous bites Source of Injury Venomous snakes
Industry (NAICS) 444110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.79000, -81.59000

Incident Narrative

An employee was delivering vinyl fencing to a customer's home when a timber rattlesnake bit his right hand. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On May 24, 2021, a worker at Lowes Home Centers Inc. dba Lowes Home Center LLC in HINESVILLE, GEORGIA suffered poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified to the hand(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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