# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at The Davey Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `2021086465` · 8/3/2021 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Stings and venomous bites
- **Source:** Bees, hornets, wasps
## Employer
- **Name:** The Davey Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 3567 Westerville Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43224
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was string-trimming around a ground cover. Hornets, coming from a nest in the ground cover, stung the employee multiple times. The employee was hospitalized.

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