WEBSTER FLEA MARKET - SUMTER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET
Gored, rammed by animal · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WEBSTER FLEA MARKET - SUMTER COUNTY FARMERS MARKET, 524 North Market Boulevard, WEBSTER, FLORIDA 33597
on — Bruises, contusions , affecting the Part of body unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working with a bull. When the employee opened a squeeze chute to let the bull out, it came back down the chute, threw the employee against it, and tossed the employee around. The employee was hospitalized with severe bruising and muscle pain.
Hospitalized Part of body unspecified Cattle, bovines
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