Vail Resorts has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Colorado, the first in 2011.
OSHA's last visit started on Sep 11, 2017 after a complaint, in Breckenridge.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $20,432 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $17,432, down 15%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1200, hazard communication (3 items).
For context, across all hotel and restaurant employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,350. Vail Resorts averages $5,432 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Vail Resorts also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 8 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Breckenridge site logged 38 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 825 workers: 7.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.5 for its industry. Those cases cost 591 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
190 Breckenridge Resort
Breckenridge · 2024
825
38
16
7.1
3.5
198 Peak 8 Base Area
Breckenridge · 2024
200
7
1
11.1
3.5
199 Vab Base Area
Breckenridge · 2024
155
6
4
11.0
3.5
197 Beaver Run Base Area
Breckenridge · 2024
151
11
4
22.8
3.5
204 One Ski Hill Place
Breckenridge · 2024
47
0
0
0.0
3.5
721 Gravity Haus
Breckenridge · 2024
19
0
0
0.0
3.5
143 Summer-Breckenridge
Breckenridge · 2024
92
4
3
28.9
3.5
194 Village Condos
Breckenridge · 2024
16
0
0
0.0
3.5
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 8 reports on file, the 6 most recent shown.
Apr 8, 2023, Breckenridge: Hospitalization · multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders · back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
An employee was standing in place and talking to guests while teaching a ski lesson when another skier struck the employee. The employee fell and experienced pain and inflammation of the discs in his back.
Jan 9, 2020, Breckenridge: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified
An employee fell while skiing, suffering a broken left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
May 3, 2019, Breckenridge: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
An employee was skiing down a designated route to reach a locker at the end of a shift. The employee skied over a patch of snow that was sticky and fell forward sustaining a fractured tibia requiring surgery.
Jan 5, 2019, Breckenridge: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
An employee fell to the snow surface while skiing to a duty station on a mountain, fracturing the left tibia and fibula.
Dec 15, 2018, Breckenridge: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
On 12/15/2018, at 10:00 a.m., a ski instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort fell on difficult terrain while leading a ski class. The employee broke their lower left leg and was hospitalized for surgery.
Nov 4, 2017, Breckenridge: Hospitalization · fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions · head and trunk
An employee was performing a self-rescue drill from a ski lift chair. While belaying down using rock climbing/mountaineering skills and equipment, the employee's equipment allowed him to rapidly slide down his rope over 15 to 30 feet to the bare ground under the chair. He suffered two fractured ribs, lumbar spine fractures (vertebrae 1-5), a mild concussion, and a blistered and rope-burned right hand.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)
(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
