# Fractures at Vail Resorts
> OSHA SIR `20221110119` · 11/17/2022 · VAIL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mountains
- **Secondary source:** Snow sports equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Resorts
- **Location:** 1000 S. Frontage Rd. W., VAIL, COLORADO, 81657
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As part of a training, an employee was snowboarding on a ski trail. Upon making a left turn, the employee lost traction with their toe edge and fell forward onto their left shoulder. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured left clavicle and had surgery.

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