# Fractures at Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol
> OSHA SIR `20181010585` · 10/14/2018 · SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
- **Source:** Horses and other equines
## Employer
- **Name:** Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol
- **Location:** 1005 Highway 9, SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO, 88008
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was patrolling on a horse when the horse stumbled and fell. The employee fell with the horse, striking his face, shoulder, and arm on the ground. He was hospitalized with facial fractures.

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