# Fractures at U.S Department of Interior - National Park Service (NPS) - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
> OSHA SIR `2018088977` · 8/30/2018 · THREE RIVERS, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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