Stepped on, kicked, trampled by animal · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AgReserves, Inc., 6900 Florida 22, WEWAHITCHKA, FLORIDA 32465
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Lung(s), pleura.
Final narrative
An employee was roping cattle when a horse stepped on them, resulting in a collapsed lung.
An employee was loading a telehandler onto a trailer and the right wheels were misaligned with the trailer, causing the telehandler to tip and fall to the right. The employee went to exit the telehandler as it fell, striking his head on the cage and frame of the telehandler. The employee sustained a concussion, a head laceration, and fractured vertebrae.
An employee was sorting cows for processing. The employee had just grabbed a metal gate to shut it when a cow bumped into the gate. The employee's right middle finger was crushed between the gate handle and the channel iron on the post. The fingertip (including about 3 millimeters of bone) was medically amputated.
An employee was moving cattle on horseback. While he was cutting a bull from the herd, his horse spooked and began to buck. He was thrown from the horse to the ground, suffering a broken left fibula and ankle.
An employee was roping a steer from horseback. The steer ran in front of the employee's horse, which tripped and fell. The employee's right leg was pinned between the horse and the hard-packed ground. The employee suffered a broken fibula and broken metacarpals.
The injured employee was riding a horse in a barn. A second employee was leading another horse ahead of them. The front horse backed up and then kicked at the injured employee, striking their left shin and fracturing the tibia and fibula.
An employee was loading a horse onto a trailer when the horse kicked them in the chest, resulting in bruising to their mid-torso below the sternum and above the ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was assisting a veterinarian while working on a horse when the horse kicked out, contacting the employee's stomach. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured liver.
While working at a customer location, an employee was sorting heifers for pregnancy tests. The heifers broke loose and trampled the employee, resulting in a compound fracture to their left leg and and 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.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.