Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Green Plains LLC, 857 North Hwy 25, LEOTI, KANSAS 67861
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to get a sick steer out of a pen. The steer tried to return to the pen and his horse tried to stop it. The employee's horse then fell to the ground with him still on it, causing the horse to fall on his left leg. With help from another employee, the injured employee was able to get his foot out of the stirrup. His ankle broke in two locations and he suffered a blood clot in his left leg, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was using a rope to pull a sick calf out of a pen. The calf ran after it was roped, and the employee's right thumb got caught between the rope and the saddle resulting in partial amputation.
An employee was training a horse. While riding, the horse stopped and hunched its back up while the employee was coming down onto the back of the saddle. The force resulted in a fractured pelvis and internal bleeding.
An employee was opening a gate when the horse he was riding slipped or bucked, then fell and landed on the employee. The employee suffered a crushed pelvis, with fractures to the pelvis and a lower-back vertebra.
An employee was riding on horse back, checking the health of feedlot cattle when the horse lost its footing and rolled over on the employee's leg, breaking the tibia on the right side.
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