# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2020087484` · 8/7/2020 · SILVIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Stings and venomous bites
- **Source:** Insects, arachnids, mites, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 801 ILLINI DRIVE, SILVIS, ILLINOIS, 61282
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 7, 2020, a paramedic/EMT was bitten on the right hand by an insect in the course of several ambulance calls. She was hospitalized the next day for infection.

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