Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-23 | Breckenridge | Co | VAIL RESORTS, DBA BRECKENRIDGE SKI RESORT | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was skiing down from a station at the top of a ski run. He lost his balance and fell onto his right hip, suffering a broken right femur. | |||||
2021-02-20 | Breckenridge | Tx | J & J Oilfield Electric Co., Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was checking control voltage in an electrical panel when an electrical short occurred, causing an arc flash which resulted in third-degree burns on the hands and second-degree burns on the face of the employee. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Breckenridge | Co | Peak 8 Properties | Ankle(s) | Slip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking down stairs when she slipped. Her ankle struck the edge of a concrete step, causing a burst Achilles tendon. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2020-02-06 | Breckenridge | Colorado | VAIL RESORTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY | Multiple head locations | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was snowboarding downhill to report to his lift station. He suffered a concussion and a broken jaw. | |||||
2020-01-09 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee fell while skiing, suffering a broken left leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-07 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Bridge Hospitality, LLC | Forehead | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
An employee in a kitchen prep line suffered a laceration to the forehead when another employee stabbed him with a kitchen knife. | |||||
2019-06-07 | Breckenridge | Texas | Jonell Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading raw material into the ginning machine and amputated his hand at the wrist. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was skiing down a designated route to reach a locker at the end of a shift. The employee skied over a patch of snow that was sticky and fell forward sustaining a fractured tibia requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-03-12 | Breckenridge | Texas | Briley Well Svc | Head | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was working at a well site where tubing was being pulled. As a block was being lowered to place a tube, the brake handle broke, allowing the block to fall down to the decking where the employee was working. The employee was struck by the block or other materials falling from about 6 to 10 feet above. He suffered a head laceration. | |||||
2019-01-17 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Maximum Comfort Pool & Spa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was struck by an outrigger while delivering spa equipment to a residence. The employee suffered a compound fracture to a finger on the right hand. | |||||
2019-01-05 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee fell to the snow surface while skiing to a duty station on a mountain, fracturing the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Breckenridge | Colorado | LEITNER-POMA OF AMERICA INC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was disassembling a ski lift drive terminal and went onto the terminal's catwalk to remove the nuts. When he removed the nuts, the plates swiveled and collapsed underneath him. He fell 12 feet, 9 inches, suffering broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2017-04-11 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Division 7 Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a scaffold breaking his leg and pelvis. | |||||
2016-08-08 | Breckenridge | Colorado | The Gallegos Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a skill saw to cut plywood for concrete forms and cut his left index finger to the middle of the nailbed (no bone loss). | |||||
2016-04-03 | Breckenridge | Colorado | VAIL RESORTS, DBA BRECKENRIDGE SKI RESORT | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a snowmobile to take an empty patient sled up the mountain when the employee crashed into a permanent snow fence, breaking bones and puncturing the aorta. | |||||
2016-03-19 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was unloading students from a chair lift when one of the students skied over the employee's skis, causing him to fall and fracture his hip. | |||||
2015-12-17 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Vail Resorts Management Company | Leg(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee suffered a broken leg that will require surgery after being struck by another skier on the Springmeier ski run. | |||||
2015-12-12 | Breckenridge | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
A ski patrol employee was checking a run prior to opening. He hit a rock, and tumbled into other rocks, breaking his tibia and fibula. |