# Cuts, lacerations at Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
> OSHA SIR `20191212615` · 12/8/2019 · RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** ATV, all terrain vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Barbed-wire fences
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
- **Location:** 730 Border Patrol Lane, RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS, 78582
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an all terrain vehicle to intercept a drug smuggler when the employee struck barbed wire, suffering a throat laceration.

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