# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Forest Service - Leavenworth Ranger Station
> OSHA SIR `2023098112` · 9/3/2023 · LEAVENWORTH, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by animal, unspecified
- **Source:** Horses and other equines
## Employer
- **Name:** Forest Service - Leavenworth Ranger Station
- **Location:** Barn of off Ranger Road, LEAVENWORTH, WASHINGTON, 98826
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Employees were at a barn checking on mules and feeding them. While the employees were in the corral, the mules became spooked. The injured employee was kicked or stepped on by the mules, resulting in a concussion, fractures to the left shoulder, arm, and hand, as well as a bruised knee and ribs. The employee underwent surgery.

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