Vail Associates

A ski instructor was teaching skiing/snowboarding when a student on a snowboard crashed into them. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones that required surgery.

Two employees were raising tower pads on lift towers following a recent snowfall. They were making their way down between towers when the injured employee became unbalanced on a mogul and struck a tree on the edge of the trail with their left shoulder and chest. The employee was hospitalized with a broken clavicle and a pneumothorax.

An employee was walking in the "runout" area between snow tubing lanes and was adjusting deceleration mats used to slow down the guests. A guest riding a snow tube struck the employee, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a concussion and a fractured clavicle.

An employee was responding to a guest injury on a ski slope and was skiing with the guest in a toboggan. The employee collided with a tree, resulting in fractures of her right tibia and fibula.

An employee was skiing to a ski lift when she struck a tree. She suffered broken ribs, a broken shoulder blade, a kidney laceration, a lung contusion, and internal bleeding.