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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20191212615 · 12/8/2019 · Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: ATV, all terrain vehicle
Secondary source: Barbed-wire fences

Employer

Name: Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
Location: 730 Border Patrol Lane, RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS, 78582
NAICS: 928110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an all terrain vehicle to intercept a drug smuggler when the employee struck barbed wire, suffering a throat laceration.

Source

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