SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA—
Cargill
Gored or rammed by animal · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cargill, 590 Co Road 9, SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA 68661 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was moving cattle when they were rammed by a cow. The employee sustained fractures to their L2 and L5 vertebrae, left sacral wing, and pelvis. They also suffered internal hemorrhaging in the abdominal.
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