Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

An employee was fighting wild fires and was bitten by an insect. The employee suffered a reaction requiring hospitalization and surgery.

While crawling under a home to run coaxial cable, an employee was bitten by an unidentified/unknown insect and was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading acrylonitrile from a railcar. He pressure checked the setup, found a leak, and attempted to relieve pressure from the system by removing a bull plug from the bleed location in the piping. The bleed valve was not closed at the time. Material then released from the piping system through the open […]

An employee was stung by a wasp on his right torso and had an allergic reaction while cleaning tree limbs.

An employee was loading tools into the trailer when he was bitten by an insect. He was later hospitalized when he had an adverse reaction to the bite.

While performing regular maintenance, an employee was bitten by a brown recluse spider.

An employee was stung by bees while servicing a controller panel, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was working in a field environment and stepped near a hole where a rattlesnake contacted the employee on the lower leg.

An employee was driving back to the rig from the water well and ran over a rattlesnake. He got out of his vehicle and walked to the rattlesnake, which bit his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.

An employee who was troubleshooting a level transmitter was found unconscious within the vicinity of a suspected hydrocarbon (H2S) release.