Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202555215 - Employee Is Kicked by Horse, Suffers Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 202555215 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 10/12/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315531509	11/06/2012	7948	711212	Los Alamitos Race Course

Abstract: On October 12, 2012, Employee #1, with Los Alamitos Race Course, was putting a shoe on a quarter horse race horse. A coworker, a horse groomer, was assisting Employee #1 by holding the horse in place. The horse got annoyed and trampled Employee #1. Employee #1 suffered multiple broken bones, internal bleeding, head/face injuries, and brain injury. He was treated and hospitalized for three weeks, which was followed by several weeks of stay in a rehabilitation center. Employee #1 was not a contract employee.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, HEMORRHAGE, HORSE, ANIMAL HANDLER, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315531509			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Animal caretakers, except farm

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