Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association, 513 North 6th Street, REEDSVILLE, WISCONSIN 54230
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to keep a wild steer in a holding pen by holding the gate latch down. The steer popped the lock and pushed the gate open, striking the employee in the head and knocking him to the ground. The steer stepped on him. He suffered a broken rib and a broken left leg.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Cattle and other bovines
More severe injuries at Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association
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