Vail, CO —
OSHA Injury Report: Mountain Vail
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Mountain Vail in Vail, CO 81657 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was ski Patrol in alpine skiing facilities without accommodations.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mountain Vail
- Parent company
- The Vail Corporation
- Street
- 1000 S Frontage Rd. W.
- City
- Vail
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 81657
- On-site location
- Under chair 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 15
Before the incident
The individual sustained a back injury while attempting to free an object that was frozen to the ground When pulling on the object significant force was applied in a bent or awkward posture which placed excessive strain on the muscles and ligaments of the lower back The resistance from the frozen object required repeated or forceful exertion increasing the risk of muscle strain or soft tissue injury This type of injury commonly occurs when the spine is under load in a flexed position combined with sudden or sustained pulling motions
What happened
The individual sustained a back injury while attempting to free an object that was frozen to the ground When pulling on the object significant force was applied in a bent or awkward posture which placed excessive strain on the muscles and ligaments of the lower back The resistance from the frozen object required repeated or forceful exertion increasing the risk of muscle strain or soft tissue injury This type of injury commonly occurs when the spine is under load in a flexed position combined with sudden or sustained pulling motions
Injury or illness
Sprain Back Lower Back
Object or substance involved
Using significant force in a bentawkward posture
Summary line
Sprain Back Lower Back Using significant force in a bent awkward posture Materials Handling Twisting turning
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Ski Patrol
- SOC code
- 39-3091 — Amusement and Recreation Attendants
- NAICS code
- 713920 — Alpine skiing facilities without accommodations
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 745
- Total hours worked
- 1489243
- EIN
- 840601461
- Establishment ID
- 1515973
- Employer case #
- 819
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:30
- Time of incident
- 12:13
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:17:21:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.