# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `2016098862` · 9/19/2016 · WATONGA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Stings and venomous bites
- **Source:** Venomous snakes
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Company
- **Location:** Rig #526, WATONGA, OKLAHOMA, 73772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving back to the rig from the water well and ran over a rattlesnake. He got out of his vehicle and walked to the rattlesnake, which bit his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.

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