# Whiplash at Aspen Skiing Company
> OSHA SIR `2022021523` · 2/16/2022 · ASPEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Whiplash
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Snow sports equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Aspen Skiing Company
- **Location:** 601 East Dean Street, ASPEN, COLORADO, 81611
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was snowboarding from one building to another for a meeting. The employee caught an edge and fell backwards, landing on hard ice on his back. He suffered a whiplash injury that caused tingling in both arms, weakness in both hands, and nausea.

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