# Fractures at Vail Resorts
> OSHA SIR `2015129418` · 12/12/2015 · BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Raised natural structures, hills, mountains, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Resorts
- **Location:** Vista House, BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO, 80424
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A ski patrol employee was checking a run prior to opening. He hit a rock, and tumbled into other rocks, breaking his tibia and fibula.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*