# Fractures at Vail Resorts
> OSHA SIR `2016010002` · 1/1/2016 · AVON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Resorts
- **Location:** 46 Avondale Lane, AVON, COLORADO, 81620
- **NAICS:** 721199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting dishes away in the kitchen of the Spruce Saddle Lodge. He opened a drawer at ground level and later tripped over it, fracturing his left upper leg and requiring hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*