KINGSVILLE, TEXAS—
King Ranch, Inc.
Gored, rammed by animal · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was in a cow pen, freeing a heifer that was stuck in the bottom cable of the pen fence. Once the heifer became untangled and returned to her feet, she charged at the employee and headbutted his lower left leg from behind. He suffered a compound fracture to the tibia and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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