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Ranch Hand Dies After Being Kicked By a Horse—Massachusetts

Massachusetts Case Report: 17MA051
Release Date: February 2019

SUMMARY

On October 10, 2017, a 54-year-old male ranch hand died while inside a paddock with two horses. The ranch hand was inside a paddock throwing hay at the time of the incident when he was kicked in the head by one of the horses.

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