# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Department of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2019044127` · 4/23/2019 · SULLIVAN CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
- **Source:** Horses and other equines
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 26.25832 N, -98.59041 W, SULLIVAN CITY, TEXAS, 78595
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:10 p.m. on April 23, 2019, a mounted border patrol agent ran into a branch and was knocked off his horse. He suffered a laceration, a concussion, and a hairline fracture to a vertebra in his neck. He was hospitalized.

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