# Fractures at United States Marshals Service
> OSHA SIR `2017032760` · 3/27/2017 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Marshals Service
- **Location:** U.S. Marshalls Service Southern District of MS 501 E. Court Street, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39201
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was part of a team of deputies apprehending a fugitive on foot. The injured employee scaled a fence and upon impact with the ground suffered a compound fracture to his leg. He was hospitalized.

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