Cactus Operating, LTD

An employee was riding a horse to sort cattle in a pen. A calf moved past him and the employee tried to stop the calf with his horse. The horse veered into the fence post, crushing the employee's leg. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to the lower leg.

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.

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 on horseback in a pasture checking on the health of calves. The employee roped a calf when their right-hand fingers got caught in the rope, resulting in amputations of three fingers at the top knuckles that required hospitalization.

An employee was riding a four-wheeler while moving cattle into another pen when they were thrown off the vehicle and landed on the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their upper arm, pelvis, and right leg.

An employee was making rounds to the barns to take care of cattle. The employee was stepping out of a van and the sliding door closed on their little finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

A pen rider was moving cattle and they were after an animal. When the animal changed direction, the horse also turned and then tripped and fell. The employee fell with the horse and sustained a dislocated left shoulder, a fractured right thumb, and a fracture above the eye.

An employee transferred a supplement from one tank to another and then took a step backward to begin cleaning the receiving auger. His right foot broke through the grate above the auger and slipped between the slats and into the auger. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to his lower right leg and required surgery.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.