# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Optimum Agriculture FL LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032018` · 3/2/2020 · OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
- **Source:** Horses and other equines
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Optimum Agriculture FL LLC
- **Location:** State Road 60, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, 34972
- **NAICS:** 112111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were trying to pull a cow out of a ditch. After they got the cow out, one employee's horse got scared and started bucking. The employee fell from the horse and the rope became tangled around his neck, causing face and neck injuries.

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