# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at U.S. National Park Service
> OSHA SIR `2018099321` · 9/10/2018 · GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE
## 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:** U.S. National Park Service
- **Location:** Ridge Mountain Trail, GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE, 37738
- **NAICS:** 712190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While searching for a lost hiker, an employee was bitten by a copperhead snake. The employee was hospitalized to receive antivenom.

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