# Cuts, lacerations at US Border Patrol - Del Rio
> OSHA SIR `2022032378` · 3/16/2022 · DEL RIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barbed-wire fences
## Employer
- **Name:** US Border Patrol - Del Rio
- **Location:** Pasture, DEL RIO, TEXAS, 78840
- **NAICS:** 928120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A border patrol agent was following a group of people through a pasture. While crossing a barbed wire fence, the agent suffered cuts to the legs. The agent developed blisters and swelling and was hospitalized.

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