Fatality Narrative: Dairy Worker Struck by Bull

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On December 30, 2008, a laborer at a dairy farm was kicked and/ or trampled by a bull. The 31-year-old victim worked for 4 1/2 years as a laborer at the dairy farm and was considered by his coworkers to be an experienced dairy worker. The victim went to a pen to herd the cows into the milking parlor. As he was herding them along the yard's transport lane toward the milking parlor he realized that he forgot to open the gate so the cows could enter the parlor. The cows began to jam up at the closed gate. He tried but was unable to open it. The victim asked a coworker to help him push the cows back so that the gate could be opened. Soon they noticed that some of the cows were walking back to their pen. Next, the coworker saw the victim walking back toward the pen. A short while later another coworker in the milking parlor saw the victim walking toward him with blood on his face saying that the bull had "got him." The victim was driven to a hospital by his employer where he died an hour later of injuries to his chest. It appears that he was kicked and/or trampled by the bull. The employees were trained not to enter a pen where there was a bull and cows, as it was considered to be too dangerous. After the incident the employer sold the bull and several others. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Farmers
  • Occupational Health
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural
  • Agricultural workers
  • Agricultural safety
  • Animals
  • Animal handlers
  • Farm workers
  • Farmers
  • Accidents
  • Accident prevention
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051580
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-111-2012, 2012 Jun; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: dairy worker struck by bull
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228762/cdc_228762_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 121.10 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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