Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND/FORT ROCK RANGER DIST.
Start: 8/15/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087629 · 8/15/2016 · U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND/FORT ROCK RANGER DIST.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
Source: Horses and other equines
Secondary source: Bees, hornets, wasps

Employer

Name: U.S. FOREST SERVICE, BEND/FORT ROCK RANGER DIST.
Location: Crater Butte Trail, BEND, OREGON, 97701
NAICS: 924120
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was riding a horse on the trail when the horse disturbed a bee's nest. The bees stung the horse, causing the horse to buck and throw off the employee. The employee landed on a jagged stump and sustained lacerations to the left forearm, and possibly sustained rib and spleen damage.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown