# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Area Wholesale Tire Co, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020043655` · 4/20/2020 · ERWINVILLE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Area Wholesale Tire Co, Inc
- **Location:** Hwy 190 West, ERWINVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70729
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a tire that had fallen from a truck. While retrieving the tire, the employee was bitten by a water moccasin snake. The employee was then hospitalized.

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