Fall on same level, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Peak Mountain Guides, LLC, Peak of Mt Snuffles, OURAY, COLORADO 81427
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
A guide was back-country skiing with a client and fell, sustaining serious injuries.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was working as a rock climbing guide and was setting up top ropes for clients when he fell approximately 50 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained abrasions and contusions to the hip, thigh, and lower arm that required stitches.
An employee was locking up a pitching machine in a metal building. The key is stored on a ledge, which is approximately 6 to 7 feet in height. The employee could not reach the ledge and jumped up to put the key back when the ring on their left ring finger became stuck on the ledge, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was doing a tandem skydiving jump and had a hard impact with the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the pelvis, an arm, and a femur, as well as internal injuries.
An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.