# Fractures at U.S. BORDER PATROL
> OSHA SIR `2017109492` · 10/3/2017 · LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
- **Source:** Horses and other equines
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. BORDER PATROL
- **Location:** 26 Pipe Line Rd., LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO, 88045
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was participating in horse patrol training when the horse bucked him off. He suffered two broken vertebrae in his lower back.

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