Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cactus Feeders, 1635 FM 179, HALE CENTER, TEXAS 79041
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee had finished his break. He then mounted a horse and was leaving the horse barn area. The horse began to buck and threw the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a separated shoulder, a left-side subdural hematoma, and a temporal fracture.
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