Background: Poisonous snake bites are medical emergencies and can be deadly fatal if not treated early. In India majority of the population lives in rural areas where incidence of snake bite is high and they are the one who are deprived of tertiary health care. Aims: This study was aimed to assess socio-demographic factors of patients presenting with snake bite. Materials and methods: This was a retrospective record based study conducted at St. Luke’s Hospital, Shrirampur Dist. Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) consists of 302 snake bite, over a period of two years from January 2007 to December 2008. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used for the data collection. Results: In the present study, out of total 302 patients, 196 (64.90%) were males and 106 (35.09%) were females. In majority (47.68%) of cases snake bite took place in the evening. In maximum cases the bite mark were seen on lower limb (58.27%). 206 (68.21%) cases of snake bites were in farm/ field followed by garden 50 (16.55%). Majority of incidence of snake bite was amongst those directly involved in the agricultural work (74.50%).

Key words: Snake bite, occupational hazards, agricultural workers