# Fractures at Dept. of Homeland Security, Border and Protection Svcs.
> OSHA SIR `2019032534` · 3/9/2019 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
- **Source:** Person, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dept. of Homeland Security, Border and Protection Svcs.
- **Location:** 305 Rancho Grande, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78043
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to apprehend a fleeing subject, who fell on the employee's right leg. The employee's leg was broken.

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