Incident date: 2016-08-20
NAICS industry code: 487110

A horse was in a horse ring and was hooked to a carriage. The horse became spooked and started running, broke free of the reins, and attempted to exit the horse ring. An employee entered the horse ring to try and calm the horse. The horse struck the employee, who suffered a serious neck injury that required surgery, abrasions, contusions, and lacerations to the thighs/arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by animal, unspecified
code_source: title: Horses and other equines
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate