U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Campo Station
Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Campo Station, 32355 Old Highway 80, PINE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 91962
on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c., affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized from over-exertion during physical fitness training.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
More severe injuries at U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Campo Station
An employee was pursuing individuals when the employee fell onto barbed wire, lacerating the left eye and damaging an eye tendon. The employee was hospitalized.
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On June 20, 2023, an employee was loading packages onto a package car. As she moved a 36-pound package from the truck's floor and set it on the shelf, in a twisting motion, she felt discomfort in her lower back. The employee was hospitalized for sciatica.
On June 20, 2023, an employee was replacing a residential air conditioner. The employee picked up a concrete slab to throw it when they twisted their back, resulting in a back injury.
An employee was activating the sprinkler system at a sports complex following recent maintenance to repair leaky pumps. When the system was activated, a section of newly installed 3-inch schedule 80 PVC pipe struck the employee, who lost consciousness. The employee suffered a broken jaw and a concussion.
An employee was ascending a flight of stairs after exiting their vehicle in an adjacent employee parking lot. The employee stepped to the right to avoid another employee on the left who was descending the stairs. The employee lost their balance and fell on the stairs. They were hospitalized with a laceration/abrasion to their chin, a fractured left humerus, and bruising to their left knee.
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.
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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.
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.