Incident date: 2019-07-11
NAICS industry code: 238990

On July 11, 2019, an asphalt maintenance technician was removing a handicap sign in preparation for resurfacing the parking lot when a bee or wasp nest was disturbed and he got stung. He collapsed to the ground and had difficulty breathing. He was hospitalized for an allergic reaction to the sting.

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