Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-19 | Steamboat Springs | Co | Wilderness Earthworks LLC | Multiple body parts | Demolition or blasting explosion |
An employee was preparing a boulder for demolition. The employee drilled the boulder in two places using a jackhammer and loaded the first hole with a charge. The charge was a dud so the employee flushed out the hole with pressurized water. The employee put gel into the second hole to expand and hold the charge. The second charge was also a dud. The employee flushed the second hole with pressurized water, releasing both charges. The employee drilled another hole and an unknown charge released, c | |||||
2021-03-02 | Steamboat Springs | Co | RAC Transport Co Inc | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when the carriage assembly slid off and landed on top of his left foot, resulting in an injury. | |||||
2020-03-07 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. | Lower leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
A terrain park employee broke his tibia and fibula after landing wrong while skiing. | |||||
2019-02-23 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | Steamboat Ski & Resort | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee fractured her tibia and fibula while skiing down a run. | |||||
2018-03-29 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | STEAMBOAT SKI & RESORT CORPORATION | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee opened a door and was walking into a building when she slipped on the wet ground surface and hit her head, suffering a brain bleed. | |||||
2018-02-21 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | STEAMBOAT SKI & RESORT CORPORATION | Brain | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
An employee was hit from behind by a skier and fell to the snow-covered ground, hitting his head. | |||||
2017-03-13 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | Accurate Insulation | Fingertip(s) | Trip without fall |
An employee was loading insulation into a blow machine when he tripped. As he tried to catch himself, his left thumb tip hit a gear and was amputated. | |||||
2015-12-26 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
A ski instructor was conducting a private ski lesson and struck an unidentified object under the snow. She fell sustaining a broken sternum and whiplash. She was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-11-18 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | Terminating Solutions, LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee made contact with an energized line and received flash burns to his left hand. | |||||
2015-10-26 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | NATIVE EXCAVATING, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was putting tires on a motor grader. After airing the tire up, the employee noticed that the O-ring was protruding from the seal, indicating a bad seal. The seal ruptured and the employee was struck by rubber and flange from tire. | |||||
2015-04-09 | Steamboat Springs | Colorado | STEAMBOAT SKI & RESORT CORPORATION | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level |
A Ski Patrol worker was found in the middle of the Rainbow Run trail with no signs of a collision with any customers or objects aside from the ski run. The worker suffered a fractured C1 vertebrae and was hospitalized. |