# Fractures at Snowshoe Mountain, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010852` · 1/28/2024 · SNOWSHOE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Ski lifts, gondola rides
- **Secondary source:** Ski lifts, gondola rides
## Employer
- **Name:** Snowshoe Mountain, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 Snowshoe Drive, SNOWSHOE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26209
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a walk-around inspection of a ski lift. A lift chair struck the employee and knocked them from the platform to the ground. The employee suffered a broken kneecap and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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