# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at SLEMCO
> OSHA SIR `2024054564` · 5/24/2024 · YOUNGSVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Venomous animal bite  except "bugs"
- **Source:** Venomous snakes
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** SLEMCO
- **Location:** 103 Virtuous Dr Youngsville Louisiana 70592, YOUNGSVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70592
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance on an underground transformer. His hands were under a slab of concrete when a copperhead snake bit and envenomated his left forearm.

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