BOZEMAN, MONTANA—
Copper Spring Ranch, LLC
Animal transportation incident, n.e.c. · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
Final narrative
An employee was training a young colt when the horse reared up and the saddle horn was pushed into the employee's abdomen rupturing the employee's spleen.
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