Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ski Windham Operating Corp., 19 Resort Drive, WINDHAM, NEW YORK 12496
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was traveling down the right side of a ski run. At the bottom, there is a drop called the water bar. The employee hit the water bar, crashed, and tumbled to the bottom of the run, suffering a back injury.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedMountains
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