# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Severn Trent
> OSHA SIR `2017076487` · 7/13/2017 · PATTISON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Bites and stings, unspecified
- **Source:** Reptiles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Severn Trent
- **Location:** 37321 FM 1485 35-A, PATTISON, TEXAS, 77466
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bitten by a snake on his right ring finger while reading the water meter at a residence.

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