Incident date: 2024-01-28
NAICS industry code: 713920

An employee was completing a walk-around inspection of a ski lift. A lift chair struck the employee and knocked them from the platform to the ground. The employee suffered a broken kneecap and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Ski lifts, gondola rides
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate