# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at VAIL RESORTS, DBA BRECKENRIDGE SKI RESORT
> OSHA SIR `2016042783` · 4/3/2016 · BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO
## 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:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Snowmobile
- **Secondary source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VAIL RESORTS, DBA BRECKENRIDGE SKI RESORT
- **Location:** 1599 SUMMIT COUNTY RD 3, BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO, 80424
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a snowmobile to take an empty patient sled up the mountain when the employee crashed into a permanent snow fence, breaking bones and puncturing the aorta.

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