Incident date: 2019-08-05
NAICS industry code: 112111

An employee was trying to get a sick steer out of a pen. The steer tried to return to the pen and his horse tried to stop it. The employee's horse then fell to the ground with him still on it, causing the horse to fall on his left leg. With help from another employee, the injured employee was able to get his foot out of the stirrup. His ankle broke in two locations and he suffered a blood clot in his left leg, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Animal transportation incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Horses and other equines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate