# Fractures at Vail Resorts
> OSHA SIR `2023021719` · 2/23/2023 · VAIL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Logs
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Resorts
- **Location:** 1000 S. Frontage Rd. W., VAIL, COLORADO, 81657
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a private ski lesson when they struck a log that was submerged under the snow and fell forward. The employee sustained a right tibia fracture.

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