U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

An employee was sitting in a vehicle at a border checkpoint when the vehicle was struck by an oncoming pickup truck. The employee sustained a concussion as well as rib and vertebral fractures and was hospitalized.

A border agent trainee was tracking people through a ranch. He became overheated, developed cramps, and was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related illness and dehydration.

On May 1, 2022, at 9:15 p.m., an employee was in an ATV accident, resulting in rib fractures and a possible clavicle fracture.

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.

A Customs and Border Patrol agent was riding an ATV on a dirt road. He lost control at a corner and jumped from the ATV, hitting a boulder and suffering a shattered lower-back vertebra.

An employee was on a horse performing ranch work when the horse went into a ditch and fell over on the employee. They suffered hip and leg injuries.

An employee was trying to rope the rear legs of a cow. The cow changed direction and the rope whipped, causing the employee to fall from his horse. He landed on the ground on his back and broke several ribs.

An employee was riding a horse on a trail to provide information and directions to park visitors. As the employee and horse were transitioning down a slope and to the left, the employee fell off the horse onto the trail. The employee sustained swelling and bruising to the spine, a neck injury, and lacerations and contusions.

An employee was riding a horse to check for sick cattle when the horse became spooked and bucked the employee off. The employee was knocked unconscious and suffered a brain bleed, fractured ribs, fractured vertebrae, and a tear in his left shoulder.

An employee was participating in a training when they were thrown from a horse. The employee struck the ground and sustained a concussion.

An employee sat on an unleveled bench outside the cafeteria and fell to the concrete. The employee was hospitalized with a head contusion with bleeding and injuries to the right side of her body, her right hip, and right hand, as well as a scrape to her elbow.

An employee was troubleshooting an empanada forming machine. A moving part struck his left ring finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip without bone loss.

An employee tripped in a hallway and fell to the floor, suffering three broken ribs.

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed piece of paper from the copier when they lost balance and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder and a broken right hip.

On 12/7/20, an employee was in the office opening mail and moving boxes. When moving a box of copy paper, the employee pulled muscles in her back.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.