# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Gulf Copper
> OSHA SIR `2015096324` · 9/1/2015 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Bites and stings, unspecified
- **Source:** Reptiles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Copper
- **Location:** 2920 Todd Road, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee dropped his cell phone after parking a golf cart. When he went to pick it up, a snake bit his right index finger.

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