# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Copper Mountain LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211658` · 12/17/2024 · FRISCO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other digestive structures  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from skis, snowboard, sled
- **Source:** Skis, snow sports equipment
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Copper Mountain LLC
- **Location:** 0800 Copper Road #3001, FRISCO, COLORADO, 80443
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 11:00 AM, an employee was performing maintenance on a halfpipe during a skiing event. They were smoothing out snow while on skis by side-slipping snow on the floor of the halfpipe. The downhill edge of their ski got caught in the snow and they fell, resulting in a lacerated spleen.

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