# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl
> OSHA SIR `2015030972` · 3/4/2015 · HUNTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mountains
## Employer
- **Name:** Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl
- **Location:** 64 Klein Avenue, HUNTER, NEW YORK, 12442
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping a recreational race course surface by side-slipping his skis.  The employee caught his downhill ski edge and fell, fracturing several ribs and rupturing his spleen.

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