Quality Beef Producers

An employee was cleaning needles used to inject an animal antibiotic into cattle when the needle punctured his left thumb.

An employee was moving a horse from a pen to the arena to clean stalls. The horse made a sudden and unexpected movement and stepped on the employee's ankle. They sustained an ankle fracture and dislocation.

An employee was transferring cattle to an alley when a cow knocked the employee down and stepped on their leg. The employee sustained a femur fracture.

At about 2:00 p.m. on May 13, 2022, an employee was holding a horse's hoof while washing it with medicated shampoo. The horse became startled and moved his hoof to the cement ground, catching the employee's right ring finger and amputating it above the nail.

An employee slipped and fell in a dairy heifer barn. The cows panicked, ran, and trampled the employee, who suffered contusions all over the body, a collapsed lung, and liquid inhalation.

An employee was herding cattle onto a truck when a calf broke away and ran over the employee. The employee suffered a fractured skull.

An employee was on horseback in a pasture checking on the health of calves. The employee roped a calf when their right-hand fingers got caught in the rope, resulting in amputations of three fingers at the top knuckles that required hospitalization.

An employee was riding a four-wheeler while moving cattle into another pen when they were thrown off the vehicle and landed on the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their upper arm, pelvis, and right leg.

An employee was making rounds to the barns to take care of cattle. The employee was stepping out of a van and the sliding door closed on their little finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

A pen rider was moving cattle and they were after an animal. When the animal changed direction, the horse also turned and then tripped and fell. The employee fell with the horse and sustained a dislocated left shoulder, a fractured right thumb, and a fracture above the eye.

An employee transferred a supplement from one tank to another and then took a step backward to begin cleaning the receiving auger. His right foot broke through the grate above the auger and slipped between the slats and into the auger. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to his lower right leg and required surgery.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.