Carrier damaged by springbox fall at ski resort
Incident Investigation
Carrier damaged by springbox fall at ski resort
February 1, 2016
Passenger Ropeways
Reference Number:
5578444
Location: Invermere
Description: A carrier travelling downhill had the springbox fall from the hanger arm, this allowed the hanger arm to swing in and contact the sheave assembly on tower 4. This resulted in a deropement of the haul rope from tower 4 that was not retained by the sheave assembly haul rope catcher.