Incident date: 2017-11-04
NAICS industry code: 713920

An employee was performing a self-rescue drill from a ski lift chair. While belaying down using rock climbing/mountaineering skills and equipment, the employee's equipment allowed him to rapidly slide down his rope over 15 to 30 feet to the bare ground under the chair. He suffered two fractured ribs, lumbar spine fractures (vertebrae 1-5), a mild concussion, and a blistered and rope-burned right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ski lifts, gondola rides
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate