# Fractures at Vail Associates
> OSHA SIR `2024032461` · 3/19/2024 · VAIL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision on skis, snowboard, sled
- **Source:** Skis, snow sports equipment
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Associates
- **Location:** 1000 South Frontage Road West, VAIL, COLORADO, 81657
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was skiing downhill while teaching a group ski lesson when he skied off a natural terrain feature and fell. During the fall his leg struck a tree, resulting in a fracture to his right tibia.

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