Report finds Park City Mountain committed a 'serious' violation of occupational safety by not clearing trees from around its Short Cut lift before a patroller fell to his death after a tree fell on a lift cable.
Vail Resorts, which owns Park City Mountain, was fined $2,500 for the workplace safety violation.
Helger, 29, a recent transplant to Utah who spent his summers as a firefighter and climbing guide, was declared dead at the scene. Because the terrain was so steep and wooded, his fellow patrollers loaded his body onto a toboggan and had to pull it to the top of the lift using ropes and their own strength. Later, a medical examiner would determine the cause as asphyxiation.
All chairlifts in Utah must be inspected and certified yearly by the Passenger Ropeway Safety Committee, a division of the Utah Department of Transportation. The inspections ensure the lifts meet standards set by the, a national nonprofit. One of ANSI’s requirements is that trees and other vegetation be at least five feet away from the lift path, according to UDOT traffic and safety director Robert Miles, who serves on the ropeway safety committee.
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