# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Lowes Home Centers Inc. dba Lowes Home Center LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021054221` · 5/24/2021 · HINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Stings and venomous bites
- **Source:** Venomous snakes
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Centers Inc. dba Lowes Home Center LLC
- **Location:** 385 Fairview Circle, HINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 31313
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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

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