# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at Hotel Talisa
> OSHA SIR `2017010253` · 1/9/2017 · VAIL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ice, sleet, snow
- **Secondary source:** Roof edges
## Employer
- **Name:** Hotel Talisa
- **Location:** 1300 Westhaven Drive, VAIL, COLORADO, 81657
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was outside a parking booth, using an ice scraper/breaker to break up ice on the ground, when ice/snow slid off the roof/side of the parking garage and struck her in the neck and head. She suffered a neck sprain/strain and required surgery.

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