OPTIMA, OKLAHOMA—
Seaboard Foods LLC
Gored or rammed by animal · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
Final narrative
An employee was loading hogs onto a trailer. After they were loaded, he was pinning the gate when one of the hogs charged and pinned the employee between the gate and the wall. The employee sustained a collapsed lung.
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