# Fractures at DOJ,FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
> OSHA SIR `2016076073` · 7/6/2016 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Prisons, jails
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** DOJ,FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
- **Location:** 5980 KNAUTH ROAD, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 24 feet from a guard tower when a rope snapped during an obstacle exercise, breaking his femur and fracturing his pelvis.

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