Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Intrawest/Winter Park Operations Corporation, 85 Parsenn Road, WINTER PARK, COLORADO 80482
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was exiting a ski lift and instructing students when she fell and her ski did not release, resulting in a left tibial plateau fracture.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Ground, n.e.c.
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