# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Otterbein University
> OSHA SIR `2024021050` · 2/2/2024 · WESTERVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with animals  unspecified
- **Source:** Horses, equines
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Otterbein University
- **Location:** 600 North Spring Road, WESTERVILLE, OHIO, 43082
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured while leading a horse from a barn to a fenced-in field. She suffered a skull fracture, a broken finger, and internal bleeding.

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