Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201083730 - Employee bitten by rattlesnake

Accident Summary Nr: 201083730 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 03/19/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123911216	04/15/2003	0761	115115	Marquez Harvesting

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 19, 2003, approximately thirty workers were picking lemons on a hilly area beneath a rocky slope. Employee #1, newly hired, knelt down on his left knee to pick lemons on the bottom branches of a lemon tree and was bitten on the inside of his left thigh by a rattle snake. He was hospitalized for swelling and tissue necrosis.

Keywords: TREE, FRUIT PACKING, POISONING, SLOPE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123911216			Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Farm workers

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