Incident date: 2021-11-04
NAICS industry code: 486990

An employee was replacing parts of a pipeline system. The employee pulled a pipeline marker pole from the ground, which made a deep void in the soil. When he reached into the hole to grab the leads, a copperhead snake bit the inside of his right elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Stings and venomous bites
code_source: title: Venomous snakes
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate