Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-03 | Neihart | Mt | Showdown Montana | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was riding a ski lift to the top of the slope. The employee fell while exiting the lift and sustained broken ribs and loss of oxygen. | |||||
2021-03-11 | North Creek | Ny | Service America Corp | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was in a ski lift loading area. She was holding two bags. One of the bag handles broke, and as she reached down to grab the bag, her left knee twisted and the lift chair hit her buttock. She suffered a fracture to the upper part of the left tibia, at the knee. | |||||
2021-02-18 | Roxbury | Ny | Ski Plattekill, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was entering the motor room vault at the top of a ski lift. The employee became entangled in conveyor equipment that transported riders to the snow-tubing lanes. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the face and left arm. | |||||
2020-03-11 | Big Sky | Montana | Boyne USA | Thigh(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was snowboarding from one lift area to the next to relieve another ski lift operator. The employee struck a tree, suffering a broken femur. | |||||
2020-01-25 | Snowshoe | West Virgini | Snowshoe Mountain, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was ejected from a ski lift chair while on the platform, resulting in multiple rib fractures that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-05-03 | Wildwood | Missouri | PEAK RESORTS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was performing maintenance on a ski lift motor. The employee was removing a coupling from the gear box when his finger was pinched between the belt and pulley. His left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-02-11 | Lake Harmony | Pennsylvania | Big Boulder Ski Area | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ski lift and suffered a fractured right hip. | |||||
2018-03-31 | Carabaset Vly | Maine | Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was setting up the maze for customers to enter the ski lift area when the employee slipped on ice, breaking the left ankle. | |||||
2017-10-12 | Newry | Maine | Sunday River Skiway Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was investigating a "hopping belt" on a ski lift pulley when the pulley grabbed his left ring fingertip, amputating it to the first knuckle. | |||||
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. | |||||
2016-03-05 | Port Angeles | Washington | Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports | Brain | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
While skiing down hill, an employee was hit on the head and knocked unconscious by a bar/cross bar of the ski lift, sustaining a head injury. |