# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087543` · 8/17/2023 · WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## 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:** White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 15843 SE 78th Street, WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32096
- **NAICS:** 325312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a request to remove a rattlesnake from an office building when it bit his left thumb, resulting in swelling.

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