# Rickettsioses diseases, unspecified at DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY-CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECT
> OSHA SIR `2017054380` · 5/14/2017 · WESLACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Rickettsioses diseases, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonvenomous insect bites
- **Source:** Insects, arachnids, mites, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY-CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECT
- **Location:** 1501 EAST EXPRESSWAY 83, WESLACO, TEXAS, 78596
- **NAICS:** 928120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the field and contracted the flu and typhus.

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