Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Humane Society of the United States, 12526 CR 3806, MURCHISON, TEXAS 75778
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was training and moving horses when one of the horses knocked her to the ground, resulting in fractures to the left arm, both legs, and the right ankle. The employee also sustained bruises to the face.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Horses and other equines
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