Gored, rammed by animal · Severe wounds or internal injuries and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Winter Livestock Inc, 30425 E Hwy 50, LA JUNTA, COLORADO 81050
on — Severe wounds or internal injuries and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was opening a gate to pen a bull. The bull started fighting with another bull and drove the other bull into the employee, which drove her into the fence and knocked her to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured sternum, four fractured ribs, a lacerated spleen, a fractured L2 vertebra, and a tear to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) of the right knee.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Cattle, bovines
An employee was in a cow pen, freeing a heifer that was stuck in the bottom cable of the pen fence. Once the heifer became untangled and returned to her feet, she charged at the employee and headbutted his lower left leg from behind. He suffered a compound fracture to the tibia and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was unloading cattle from a pen to the main drive alley. While the employee was inside the pen, a cow rammed her and knocked her down. The employee sustained a contusion to her right upper torso and three fractured ribs.
An employee was working to guide a calf through a turnstile. While they were pushing the calf, the calf lunged, and the employee's right hand was caught between the turnstile and a gate surface. The employee's right ring finger was severed and required surgery to reattach the severed portion of the finger. The employee was hospitalized.
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