# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Lexicon Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015053168` · 5/26/2015 · BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Stings and venomous bites
- **Source:** Venomous snakes
## Employer
- **Name:** Lexicon Inc.
- **Location:** 30 Industrial park Drive, BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38833
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving bolts from a cardboard box onsite when he was bitten on his right hand middle finger by a copper head snake that was in the box. The employee had a reaction to the anti-venom and was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*