Copperheads, Cottonmouths and Rattlesnakes, Oh My!

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• Personal Author:
  Reed M
• Description:
  The Southwest abounds with beautiful flowers, lush green lawns, vegetable gardens... and snakes. This area is home to many types of harmless, even helpful snakes. We also have our share of the venomous varieties: coral snakes, copperheads, cottonmouths (water moccasins), and rattlesnakes. As we tend our gardens and lawns, we need to remind ourselves to be on the lookout for snakes. Let's go over some quick tips to avoid snakebites. Tips To Avoid Snakebites: Wear boots or high-top leather shoes when working in the garden, yard or woods. Remember, snake fangs are hollow and brittle. High-top shoes or boots usually offer very good protection. Flip-flops and sandals do not! Wear leather or heavy canvas gloves when weeding, moving firewood, or similar chores. Do not reach your hands into an area that you cannot see. Take it from me, I'll never forget reaching into a dimly lit hen's nest to gather eggs and feeling a cold pile of snake! It can make you hurt yourself! Be aware of potential hiding places when hiking, camping, gardening, or working in the yard. If you see a snake, just leave it alone! Often a snakebite occurs because someone tried to kill a snake, or pestered it to see what it would do. Don't handle recently killed snakes. Bites have occurred due to reflexes that were still present in the snake. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Agriculture Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Agricultural Industry Agricultural Safety Health Promotion Injury Prevention Public Health Safety Education Snakes
• Publisher:
  The Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053616
• Citation:
  Monthly Safety Blast. Tyler, TX: The Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education, 2009 Jul; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Monthly Safety Blast
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:843d49913c04749a02a3bdb0131bccb8d209e765e19751280dd7c6b334c4972cb05765bb2a07c096ea910ed8712d0044eef7d678addda34d99c33ca692246d08
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216342/cdc_216342_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 70.16 KB ]