# Fractures at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
> OSHA SIR `2021076299` · 7/29/2021 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Hills
- **Secondary source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- **Location:** 1802 Saturn Blvd., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92154
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A border patrol agent was hiking down a hill in pursuit of someone. The agent stepped into a hole and fell downhill, stopping about 20 feet below. The agent suffered a broken left tibia and fibula and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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