Gored or rammed by animal · Multiple types of open wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Turner Enterprises, Inc., 5048 Gateway South Road, GALLATIN GATEWAY, MONTANA 59730
on — Multiple types of open wounds, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was with a group in a pasture, observing a herd of bison from a truck. Two bulls approached the group. One of them rammed the truck's tailgate, and the employee's leg was punctured and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedCattle and other bovines
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