# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol
> OSHA SIR `2015063816` · 6/15/2015 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonvenomous insect bites
- **Source:** Ticks and mites
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol
- **Location:** Intersection of Indiana and Oklahoma, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Border Patrol Agent was bitten by a tick and eventually required hospitalization.

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