Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171058811 - Employee injured in avalanche during ski patrol exercise

Accident Summary Nr: 171058811 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 02/27/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301167391	02/28/2000	7011	0	Snow Basin Ski Area

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on February 27, 2000, Employee #1, a volunteer and former professional patroller, was part of a crew of four ski patrollers performing "ski cutting" at a point just below the flank of Mt. Ogden at the Snowbasin Ski Area. Employee #1 was the first to traverse the snow pillow (built-up snow deposition). He had made one or two zigzags across the pillow when it fractured above him. He was engulfed by loose snow and carried down several hundred feet into some trees. Employee #1's coworkers located him within minutes via beacons/transceivers and freed him. He was airlifted to Mckay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT, where he was hospitalized with abdominal and facial/jaw injuries. Employee #1 apparently lost consciousness for several minutes during the rescue.

Keywords: AVALANCHE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ABDOMEN, SKIING, CAUGHT BY, BURIED, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301167391			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Guards and police, excluding public service

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