OSHA Injury Report: Mountain Crested Butte

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

EE was performing avalanche mitigation work all day on [REDACTED] 25 EE began to experience mild pain in their right knee midmorning while sidestepping pain was manageable but steadily increased throughout the day By [REDACTED] the pain became greater and after the last lap pain became significant sidestepping and skiing became very difficult By the end the day EE was only weighting their left leg EE had difficulty weighting their leg [REDACTED] and experienced 7 out of 10 pain This EE called in [REDACTED] reporting the incident and expressing similar pain to end of day possibly a little less EE opted to take a day off to assess what was going on

What happened

EE was performing avalanche mitigation work all day on [REDACTED] 25 EE began to experience mild pain in their right knee midmorning while sidestepping pain was manageable but steadily increased throughout the day By [REDACTED] the pain became greater and after the last lap pain became significant sidestepping and skiing became very difficult By the end the day EE was only weighting their left leg EE had difficulty weighting their leg [REDACTED] and experienced 7 out of 10 pain This EE called in [REDACTED] reporting the incident and expressing similar pain to end of day possibly a little less EE opted to take a day off to assess what was going on

Injury or illness

Muscle or Connective Tissue Tear or Detachment Knee Migrated Record

Object or substance involved

Migrated historical data object not captured

Summary line

Muscle or Connective Tissue Tear or Detachment Knee Migrated Record Migrated historical data object not captured Ski Ride Related No Specific mechanism

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.