# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Plunkett's Pest Control
> OSHA SIR `2022108783` · 10/5/2022 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## 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:** Plunkett's Pest Control
- **Location:** 3615 19th ST, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79410
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an outside rodent trap. A rattlesnake was inside the trap. It appeared to be dead; when he tried to remove it, it 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*