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OSHA Injury Report: Baton Rouge Water Company

Poisoning · Days away from work

On , a poisoning at Baton Rouge Water Company in Baton Rouge, LA 70806 resulted in days away from work. Employee was meter Reader I in water supply systems.

Establishment
Baton Rouge Water Company
Parent company
Utility Holdings Inc
Street
8755 Goodwood Blvd
City
Baton Rouge
State
LA
ZIP
70806
On-site location
Worksite: New O'Neal Lane
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Poisoning (code 4)
Days away from work
5

Reading Meters

Employee reached down in meter box to read meter and copperhead snake inside meter box bit employee on the finger

snake bite

snake

M4 Poisoning Upper limbs - finger

Job description
Meter Reader I
SOC code
43-5041 — Meter Readers, Utilities
NAICS code
221310 — Water supply systems
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
310
Total hours worked
680176
EIN
720127240
Establishment ID
99016
Employer case #
2025-22
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
21JAN26:19:53:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.