Slaughterhouse Worker Injured by Falling Dead Cow; Karma Wins Again
August 9, 2008 · Print This Article
A 30-year-old slaughterhouse worker was doing what he does every day – waiting for big dead cows strung up on hooks to come down the line so he could butcher them. But on Monday, one of those dead cows got the last laugh. In an apparent attempt to posthumously exact revenge from one of the humans that robbed it of its life and desecrated its remains, the cow fell off the hook and right on top of the butcher.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee Fire Department spokeswoman Tiffany Wynn said the cow fell off the hook and onto the man, hitting him on the shoulder and neck at Cargill Inc., 1915 W. Canal St., just before noon. She said it was a whole cow and the victim was about to butcher it. He suffered moderate but not life-threatening injuries and was taken to Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Francis hospital for treatment.
Police are investigating how the cow fell on top of the man and determining whether an investigator from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will have to look at the details of the case as an industrial accident.
Revenge of the Undead Cows! There’s this thing called karma. In all seriousness, this guy’s life must suck. He stands around wielding a big knife, covered in blood and guts all day and then gets taken out by a giant carcass.
Link [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
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it’s not fair to say that the worker had it coming or to use the word “karma” i mean come on all he was just trying to make a living.PETA and animal activists in general should have a lot more empathy for the people who actually perform these kind of degrading jobs instead of crucifying them
@dielan – lighten up. A dead cow fell on a guy who was about to chop it up. It’s funny. Only thing worse than an environmentalist without humor, is a wingnut without humor.
i wish next time he be dead by the fall,,or may he come to his senses and stop killing animals
hmm, several thousand livestock animals, vs one injured livestock worker. Whoever is in charge of handing out kharmic equality must be saying something about the worth of the livestock…..Or it’s just a a really bad analogy.