# Fractures at Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
> OSHA SIR `2024087090` · 8/4/2024 · JOSEPH, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal transportation
- **Source:** Horses, equines
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Forest Service, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- **Location:** Eagle Cap Ranger District, JOSEPH, OREGON, 97846
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was riding a mule to perform trail maintenance when the mule spooked, spun to the left, and threw the employee off to the right. The employee fell to the ground on her right side and was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

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