Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hearn Trucking LLC, Oklahoma City National Stockyards, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73108
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple head locations.
Final narrative
Employees were loading steers on a truck. One of the steers became angry, turned back, came off the ramp, headed towards the pen, and struck the pen's gate. One of the employees was standing at the gate, and the impact threw the employee backward. His head struck concrete and he suffered a fractured skull and eye socket.
HospitalizedMultiple head locationsCattle and other bovines
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