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Accident: 200230639 - Employee Injured In Fall From Ski Lift Tower

Accident: 200230639 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 07/29/1999
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30258143408/06/19997011Sun Valley Company
Employee #1 was greasing the wheels of a ski lift tower when the step on which he was perched collapsed. He fell approximately 16 ft 6 in., sustaining injuries that required hospitalization. Employee #1 was not wearing fall protection, nor was there any other form of fall protection provided, such as guardrails.
Keywords: maintenance, stair, guardrail, collapse, work rules, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, tower
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 302581434 Hospitalized injury Strain/Sprain Occupation not reported

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