# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Noah's Ark Processors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032139` · 3/10/2016 · HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Trampled by or stepped on by animal
- **Source:** Cattle and other bovines
## Employer
- **Name:** Noah's Ark Processors, LLC
- **Location:** 1009 W. M Street, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was herding cattle from the pens to the kill floor. On the way to the kill floor, the employee tripped and struck his head on the concrete of the pens. As the cattle passed him, one of their hoofs struck him in the ribs. He was hospitalized with broken ribs, a concussion, a broken nose, and a head laceration.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*