SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA·2021-07-29

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1802 Saturn Blvd., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92154 on 2021-07-29, Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).

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Final narrative

A border patrol agent was hiking down a hill in pursuit of someone. The agent stepped into a hole and fell downhill, stopping about 20 feet below. The agent suffered a broken left tibia and fibula and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Hills

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