Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125790287 - Squaw Valley Ski Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Inspection Nr: 125790287

Report ID: 0950621

Date Opened: 11/08/2001

Site Address:
Squaw Valley Ski Corp.
1960 Squaw Valley Rd.
Olympic Valley, CA 96146

Mailing Address:
1960 Squaw Valley Rd., Squaw Valley, CA 93646

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7011

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/08/2001

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/21/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361703291

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$350	$0	$350
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$350	$0	$350
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	3210 C	01/10/2002	01/15/2002	$350	$350	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170871396

Event: 10/08/2001

FALL - SLIPPED TRYING TO FREE SKI LIFT CHAIR

A maintenance crew for a ski resort was removing a ski lift chair from an exhibition ski lift for an annual inspection. One of the employees was working from a scaffold, tied in with a harness. To remove the chair from the lift cable, he was to loosen the cable clamp, attach the chair to a hoist, and lower it to the ground. The employee operating the ski lift stopped the cable about 50 to 100 millimeters too far, which ran the cable clamp under a sheave, binding it. Seeing the problem, the employee on the scaffold apparently disconnected his harness and climbed up the tower ladder and out onto the sheave assembly so that he could pry up the sheave wheel with a crescent wrench. As he was prying with the wrench, he slipped and fell 4.6 meters to the ground. He sustained a compound fracture of his arm and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SLIP, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AMUSEMENT RIDE, ARM, WORK SURFACE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125790287			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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