# Fractures at Vail Mountain resort
> OSHA SIR `2017010368` · 1/12/2017 · AVON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Mountain resort
- **Location:** Kestrel Ski Trail, AVON, COLORADO, 81620
- **NAICS:** 713920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee skied into an area with little snow and skied onto rocks that were under the snow. The employee suffered a broken left arm and left patella, requiring hospitalization.

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