OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565683
THE COWEN RANCH
TOMBSTONE, AZ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN CHEST (PROBABLY KICKED) BY COLT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO HALTER BREAK A YEARLING COLT. THE COLT WAS PLAC ED IN A SMALL CORRAL. EMPLOYEE #1 PUT A HALTER, WITH A LONG DRAG ROPE ATTACHED, ON THE COLT. THIS ROPE FACILITATES CATCHING THE COLT AND LEADING IT AROUND THE C ORRAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND LYING ON HIS BACK NEAR THE INSIDE OF THE CORRAL FEN CE. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE CHEST, PROBABLY A RESULT OF BE ING KICKED BY THE COLT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 3
- Occupation code
- 487
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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