Baton Rouge, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Baton Rouge Water Company
Poisoning · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a poisoning at Baton Rouge Water Company in 8755 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 resulted in days away from work. Employee was meter Reader I in water supply systems.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Poisoning (code 4)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
Reading Meters
What happened
Employee reached down in meter box to read meter and copperhead snake inside meter box bit employee on the finger
Injury or illness
snake bite
Object or substance involved
snake
Summary line
M4 Poisoning Upper limbs - finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Meter Reader I
- SOC code
- 43-5041: Meter Readers, Utilities
- NAICS code
- 221310: Water supply systems
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 310
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 680,176
- EIN
- 720127240
- Establishment ID
- 99016
- Employer case #
- 2025-22
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-21
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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