Reported that a person sustained a unstable fracture of vertebra T10

Incident Investigation

Reported that a person sustained a unstable fracture of vertebra T10

December 29, 2019

Passenger Ropeways

Reference Number:

II-964492-2020 (#16301)



Four foot passengers were riding quad chairlift to access the upper snowshoe areas of the mountain. As the chair they were loaded on approached the unloading point at full speed, a slow and stop command was not initiated. Three of the foot passengers unloaded the chairlift at the full rat e of speed, while one passenger stayed on the chair past the unloading point and jumped or fell as the stop command was finally initiated. The injured person landed on their back from a height of approximately two metres.

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