# Bruises, contusions at Ashley Koeller
> OSHA SIR `20241110732` · 11/18/2024 · PORTAGE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the chest  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Stepped on, kicked, trampled by animal
- **Source:** Horses, equines
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Koeller
- **Location:** 5800 Kinney Rd, PORTAGE, WISCONSIN, 53901
- **NAICS:** 112920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a horse onto a trailer when the horse kicked them in the chest, resulting in bruising to their mid-torso below the sternum and above the ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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