Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

An employee had taken work boots out of a box and put them on when she felt something like a sticker in her boot. She sat down and removed boot to find a baby rattle snake in her boot biting her.

An employee inhaled hydrogen cyanide while taking readings from machines, losing consciousness and requiring hospitalization.

An employee was rinsing out an ISO container that last contained chloroaniline using a 3,000 psi pressure washer. After exiting the container, he became lightheaded and required hospitalization for chemical exposure to chloroaniline.

An employee was exposed to hydrochloric acid vapors while operating a blender.

An employee suffered from smoke inhalation while evacuating patients from an area where there was a fire. He was hospitalized overnight.

An employee was working at the chlorine loading station and was changing out a transfer hose from a railcar. Upon disconnecting the hose, the employee inhaled chlorine, requiring hospitalization.

Employee was bitten by a poisonous spider while cleaning a forklift.

An employee cutting trees around a service line received multiple bee stings and was hospitalized.

An employee was preparing to shoot a fluid level on a well. He screwed an echo gun onto the well casing and opened the casing valve. When the pressure hit the gun, the outside of the casing valve threads failed and the pressure popped, releasing H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas into the employee’s face.

An employee was working in the laundry area when the industrial ironer caught on fire due to a faulty belt. The employee was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.