# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Graham Country Club
> OSHA SIR `2023098800` · 9/23/2023 · GRAHAM, 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:** Graham Country Club
- **Location:** 156 Country Club Drive East, GRAHAM, TEXAS, 76450
- **NAICS:** 713910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 23, 2023, an employee was putting golf carts away when he dropped a key by the storage room door. As the employee reached down to retrieve it, a copperhead snake lunged and bit him. The employee suffered a venomous snake bite and was hospitalized.

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