Incident date: 2021-07-29
NAICS industry code: 928110

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Hills
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate