Fractures

Name: Fractures at U.S Department of Interior - National Park Service (NPS) - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
Start: 8/30/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088977 · 8/30/2018 · U.S Department of Interior - National Park Service (NPS) - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden
Source: Horses and other equines

Employer

Name: U.S Department of Interior - National Park Service (NPS) - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
Location: 47050 Generals Highway, THREE RIVERS, CALIFORNIA, 93271
NAICS: 712190
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

At about 4:00 p.m. on August 30, 2018, an employee was ridding a saddle mule when it spooked and ran up a hillside. He dismounted before being knocked off, landing on rocks and breaking two vertebrae in his lower back. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown