Incident date: 2021-09-18
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was saddled in their horse monitoring other horses on a walking trail when a guest dropped their reins. The employee leaned forward to grab the guest's reins. The employee's horse then backed up about 10 steps, reared up, and fell over, causing the employee to fall off and the horse then landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
code_source: title: Horses and other equines
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate