# Fractures at CRESTED BUTTE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021020892` · 2/1/2021 · CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Snow sports equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** CRESTED BUTTE, LLC
- **Location:** 12 SNOWMASS RD, CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO, 81225
- **NAICS:** 713990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a ski cut, an avalanche mitigation technique, when snow underneath his skis gave way causing him to fall head-first downhill. His hip struck a rock when he fell and he suffered a broken femur.

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