# Fractures at Vail Resorts
> OSHA SIR `2016032352` · 3/18/2016 · VAIL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mountains
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Resorts
- **Location:** Vail, VAIL, COLORADO, 81658
- **NAICS:** 721199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 7:50 a.m., on 3/18/16, an employee was skiing to his lift assignment for the day. As he was approaching the bottom of the chairlift, he hit a rock underneath the snow, which caused him to fall. He was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.

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