Santa Teresa, NM

New Mexico operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in Santa Teresa, NM is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

Employers with the most severe injuries in Santa Teresa

Example incidents

• US Customs and Border Protection Santa Teresa Port of Entry SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO · 2025-03-28 · Collision with stationary object, nonroadway

  On March 28, 2025, an agent was preparing to load his assigned all-terrain vehicle (ATV) onto a trailer in the parking lot for deployment into the field. The ATV struck a curb and rolled over. The agent was ejected and was found unresponsive and bleeding from his head and face. The employee was hospitalized for intracranial bleeding and pressure. Blood also built up behind his right eye, pinching his optic nerve.

• United States Border Patrol Special Operations Group BORTAC SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO · 2024-07-17 · Other aircraft incident n.e.c.

  On July 17, 2024, an agent was conducting airborne tactical insertion training when they landed faster than expected and sustained a fractured sacrum, a laceration to their right shin, a puncture wound to the top of their left foot, and multiple abrasions to the lower extremities.

• U.S. Border Patrol (Santa Teresa Station) SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO · 2023-09-07 · Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway

  A border patrol agent was driving a utility task vehicle (UTV) on a dirt road to respond to a call. As the employee made a turn, the vehicle rolled onto its side, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the vertebrae, ribs, and right clavicle. The employee was hospitalized.

• Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO · 2018-10-14 · Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden

  An employee was patrolling on a horse when the horse stumbled and fell. The employee fell with the horse, striking his face, shoulder, and arm on the ground. He was hospitalized with facial fractures.

• Totran Transportation Services, Inc. SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO · 2018-09-10 · Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part

  An employee was removing tie straps from freight in a trailer when he turned around and a securement stand slipped off the trailer, striking and fracturing two discs in his back.

• Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO · 2017-10-25 · Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway

  An employee was working a trail on an all terrain vehicle (ATV) when he hit a ditch. The ATV flipped over and landed on him, breaking his arm. He was hospitalized.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.