# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211319` · 12/2/2020 · RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS
## 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:** Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.
- **Location:** Near corner of FM 1761 and Reyes Rd, RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS, 78580
- **NAICS:** 311311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been placing pre-warning burning flags in a sugar cane field. When completed, he walked into a grassy area and was bitten on the left leg by a rattlesnake. The employee was hospitalized.

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