Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120150594 - Heavenly Valley Ski Resort

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Inspection Nr: 120150594

Report ID: 0950621

Date Opened: 04/22/2002

Site Address:
Heavenly Valley Ski Resort
3860 Saddle Road
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2180, Stateline, CA 89449

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7999

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/22/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/21/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361698822

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170870935

Event: 03/01/2002

Employee injured by fall while skiing on ski patrol

At 4:30 p.m. on February 28, 2002, Employee #1, a ski patrol employee of Heavenly Valley Ski Resort, was seriously injured while patrolling on the ski slopes at South Lake Tahoe, California. The accident happened while Employee #1 was coming down the ski slope, performing a presweep inspection. When Employee #1 was nearing the bottom of the run and nearly at the entrance to a beginning ski area, he struck a snow berm. The snow berm was left by an entry fence to the beginning ski area that is removed each night. It threw Employee #1 up into the air and he then crashed upon landing. The small berm was masked in the shadows of trees. At the time of the accident, Employee #1's injury didn't appear to be serious. He returned to work the next day and did not go to the hospital until March 3, 2002, where he underwent emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen.

Keywords: SPLEEN, SKIING, RUPTURE, FALL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120150594			Hospitalized injury	Other	Recreation workers

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