# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at United States Border Patrol Special Operations Group BORTAC
> OSHA SIR `2024076500` · 7/17/2024 · SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other lower extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other aircraft incident  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Helicopters, powered rotary wing aircraft
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Border Patrol Special Operations Group BORTAC
- **Location:** 8014 Airport Rd., SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO, 88008
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 17, 2024, an agent was conducting airborne tactical insertion training when they landed faster than expected and sustained a fractured sacrum, a laceration to their right shin, a puncture wound to the top of their left foot, and multiple abrasions to the lower extremities.

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