# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025088426` · 8/23/2025 · HOEHNE, COLORADO
## 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:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 44920 county Rd 40, HOEHNE, COLORADO, 81046
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering parcels to a customer's porch when they were bitten by a rattlesnake.

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