# Fractures at PNGI Charles Town Gaming
> OSHA SIR `2015118392` · 11/7/2015 · CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
- **Source:** Horses and other equines
## Employer
- **Name:** PNGI Charles Town Gaming
- **Location:** 741 East Washington Street, CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 25414
- **NAICS:** 713290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 7, 2015, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee was injured after being thrown from his horse. He was attempting to capture a horse that got loose during training and was trying to prevent the loose horse from going through a gate. The loose horse ran into the employee's horse. He was thrown to the ground and possibly into a metal gate. He was hospitalized for fractured left ankle and fractured vertebrae.

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