# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Wesco Operating Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087329` · 8/8/2016 · GLENDIVE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Stings and venomous bites
- **Source:** Venomous snakes
## Employer
- **Name:** Wesco Operating Inc.
- **Location:** 10 miles northwest, GLENDIVE, MONTANA, 59330
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake while turning a valve to change the flow direction. The snake was coiled underneath the tank hatch. The employee was hospitalized.

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