| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-01 | Vails Gate | Ny | Spinnaker Holding Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in catching-single episode |
| An employee was using a doffing cart to move a roll of paper over to a conveyor. The roll hit the edge of the roll plate, causing it to tip over; the employee suffered a back sprain while stopping it from falling. | |||||
| 2021-03-23 | Vail | Co | Vail Resorts | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was leading a ski school class and was demonstrating a technique when she skied over a soft mound of snow that caught the edge of her ski. Her ski binding released and she fell to the ground and sustained a spiral fracture of the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2020-04-20 | Vail | Colorado | SHAW CONSTRUCTION | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was cleaning up a job site and throwing a board into a dumpster when he was struck by a sheet of siding that was dropped from a boom lift 20 feet above. He suffered multiple head contusions; abrasions to the head, neck, back, and chest; and fractured ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-04 | Vail | Colorado | Blazer Waterproofing Systems Inc | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was spraying an adhesive for insulation. The atmosphere ignited and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the face, neck, arms, and hands. | |||||
| 2019-08-27 | Vail | Colorado | Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was a passenger on an ATV when the ATV rolled over. The employee suffered a fractured left elbow and a lower back contusion. | |||||
| 2019-08-15 | Vail | Colorado | Ceres Landcare | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was moving/lifting a running push mower when the mower was set down on the top of his left foot. The mower blade lacerated his left foot, resulting in the partial amputation of two toes. | |||||
| 2019-02-22 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Resorts Management Company | Leg(s) | Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training |
| An employee collided with a guest while skiing, suffering a broken leg. | |||||
| 2018-08-31 | Vail | Colorado | KED Development, Inc. | Head and trunk | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
| At 4:00 p.m. on August 31, 2018, an employee was installing water lines in a trench when it collapsed, partially burying the employee. The employee suffered a broken pelvis, broken ribs, head trauma, and broken facial bones. Cave-in protection was not installed in the trench. | |||||
| 2018-08-12 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| An employee was attempting to start a grill in a food tent when the propane ignited, causing second degrees burns to his hands and forearms and first degree burns to his face. | |||||
| 2018-06-05 | Vail | Colorado | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was unloading a 50 lbs. bucket of powdered grout from a pallet. His feet got tangled in cellophane and he fell to the ground fracturing a hip. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Vail | Colorado | Mountain Temp Services, LLC | Knee(s) | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| A temporary employee was in a roll-off dumpster, breaking down empty cardboard boxes. He stepped backward out of the dumpster with his left foot. When he turned to put his right foot down, his left knee twisted and was dislocated. | |||||
| 2018-05-25 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Buttock(s) | Fall from pedal cycle |
| An employee was on his bicycle, maintaining a bike trail. He fell off the bike, sustaining an injury to his colon. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2018-03-31 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Mountain Resort | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee fell while providing a ski lesson, suffering a collapsed lung and possible rib fractures. | |||||
| 2017-01-09 | Vail | Colorado | Hotel Talisa | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was outside a parking booth, using an ice scraper/breaker to break up ice on the ground, when ice/snow slid off the roof/side of the parking garage and struck her in the neck and head. She suffered a neck sprain/strain and required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-03-18 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| At 7:50 a.m., on 3/18/16, an employee was skiing to his lift assignment for the day. As he was approaching the bottom of the chairlift, he hit a rock underneath the snow, which caused him to fall. He was hospitalized with a fractured left femur. | |||||
| 2016-01-04 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Multiple upper extremities locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was snowboarding down the mountain when the edge of his snowboard caught the snow and he fell on his right side. He fractured his collarbone and wrist on the right side and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-12-18 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Resorts | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A ski instructor fell while skiing and broke her tibia. | |||||
| 2015-12-12 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Ski Resorts | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was on ski patrol on a run and struck a rock under the snow fracturing the right leg. | |||||
| 2015-12-10 | Vail | Colorado | AAA Waterproofing | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was applying membrane material to the foundation of a house. Her coworkers were transporting hot waterproofing material product in buckets to the foundation and were throwing the hot product on walls and spreading it with brooms. The product splashed and burned the employee's hands, fingers, face, and neck. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-12-01 | Vail | Colorado | VAIL RESORTS | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell while exiting her vehicle, injuring her right shoulder. | |||||
| 2015-11-20 | Vail | Colorado | ADI Steel, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee who had been performing decking operations suffered spinal injuries after he fell 12 feet through a guardrail to the plywood below. | |||||
| 2015-03-14 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Mountain Resort | Multiple body parts | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was skiing out of bounds and hit a tree. The employee fractured the C1/C2 vertebrae and collarbone and injured the spleen. | |||||
| 2015-02-24 | Vail | Colorado | Vail Resorts at Vail Mountain | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was hospitalized following a collision with another skier on the lower Columbine Trail, which resulted in a broken leg and wrist. | |||||