# Fractures at Rocky Mountain National Park
> OSHA SIR `2016075970` · 7/3/2016 · ESTES PARK, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
- **Source:** Horses and other equines
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocky Mountain National Park
- **Location:** 1000 HWY 36, ESTES PARK, COLORADO, 80517
- **NAICS:** 712190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding a horse on patrol when the horse became spooked and threw the employee, who fell 35 feet down the hillside. The employee suffered head lacerations and broke eight ribs and the sternum.

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