Incident date: 2025-03-08
NAICS industry code: 713920

A ski patrol employee was conducting a "sweep" to ensure all guests were safely off the hill for the night before closing. While approaching the bottom of the mountain, the employee's right ski got caught in an inconsistency in the snow, causing them to fall forward onto their right shoulder. The employee sustained non-displaced fractures in the posterior rib cage, a fractured right scapula, and a fractured right clavicle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from skis, snowboard, sled
code_source: title: Skis, snow sports equipment
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate