Incident date: 2025-08-14
NAICS industry code: 115310

An employee was riding a horse and leading several pack mules along a trail. A few mules started acting up, causing the horse to stir. The employee then fell off the horse and landed on a stiff woody protrusion that impacted her chest/rib area. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal transportation
code_source: title: Horses, equines
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate