# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at Westco Grounds Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `2025087663` · 8/4/2025 · ARCOLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Bitten or stung by animal  unspecified
- **Source:** Reptiles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Westco Grounds Maintenance
- **Location:** 6511 Escondido Dr., ARCOLA, TEXAS, 77583
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting landscaping operations and using a blower to clear debris. He went to move a hose out of the way when a snake bit his little finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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