# Fractures at Customs and Border Protection-Office of Field Operations
> OSHA SIR `2018088796` · 8/25/2018 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Chain-link fences, panels
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Customs and Border Protection-Office of Field Operations
- **Location:** 3600 E. Paisano, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79905
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a chain-link fence when he slipped and fell about 20 feet to the ground, breaking his ankle and requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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