# Fractures at Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica
> OSHA SIR `2025077400` · 7/29/2025 · SALAMANCA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal transportation
- **Source:** Horses, equines
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica
- **Location:** 9150 Alleghany State Park Route 3, SALAMANCA, NEW YORK, 14779
- **NAICS:** 561499
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding a horse in the horse corral/riding arena when the horse bucked multiple times. The employee performed an emergency dismount off the right side of the horse. When she landed, she fell backward in the sand, onto her back. The employee sustained a crushed vertebra.

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