A work carrier fell from the Upper Bowl chair at Mt. Hood Skibowl Thursday morning, killing one employee and injuring another. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, a third employee on scene placed a call for help and began CPR. Deputies responded along with Hoodland Fire, Clackamas Fire, American Medical Response, Search and Rescue volunteers, and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement. “Medics reached the patients shortly after 10 a.m.,” read a statmement from the Sheriff’s Office. “One person was conscious and breathing. The second patient did not have a pulse. Despite lifesaving efforts, that person was pronounced dead at the scene.” The surviving patient was transported by helicopter to a Portland hospital. The incident will be investigated as a workplace death and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been notified.
The lift was not open to the public at the time as Mt. Hood Skibowl is currently between winter and summer operations. Riblet constructed the Upper Bowl chair in 1975.
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This was always my worst fear as a lift mechanic. Especially on older double chairs.
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That chair goes up steep terrain and at times is a long ways above the ground. At 50 years old it probably should be replaced.
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I mean… the Cascade chair has major components dating to 1949 and Ski Bowl isn’t exactly flush with cash. After being forced to shutter their mountain bike park and only opening for a handful of days this season, they can’t seem to catch a break.
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ski bowl or skeez-bowl as its known locally cuts corners left and right. Mgmt is trash, the GM literally punched an employee straight in the face and never saw consequences. If I had a guess its less about them “catching a break” and more about poor management and trash decision making. This should never have happen. Full stop. I bet the investigation will come to find this bs company is to blame for cutting corners. I feel, and we should all feel deep compassion for the loved ones of the worker killed and the one injured, not skeez-bowl.
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So sorry to hear this – an awful tragedy for Mt. Hood Skibowl and the entire lift maintenance community.
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Sad news.
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