# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Snowshoe Mountain, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010831` · 1/26/2025 · SNOWSHOE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from skis, snowboard, sled
- **Source:** Skis, snow sports equipment
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Snowshoe Mountain, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 Snowshoe Drive, SNOWSHOE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26209
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was skiing downhill checking the trails after a competition when their foot caught the edge of a ski and they fell. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures and a pulmonary contusion.

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