SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO·2018-10-14

Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol

Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol, 1005 Highway 9, SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO 88008 on 2018-10-14, Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.

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Final narrative

An employee was patrolling on a horse when the horse stumbled and fell. The employee fell with the horse, striking his face, shoulder, and arm on the ground. He was hospitalized with facial fractures.

Hospitalized Face, unspecified Horses and other equines

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