Chair Lift Injuries
Ski areas are required to use the highest degree of care in operating chair lifts. Unfortunately, sometimes young or inexperienced operators fail to properly load or unload passengers, do not slow the lifts when necessary or fail to raise safety bars. When such negligent lift operations cause serious injuries, we work for our clients to obtain fair and just compensation.
If you are an inexperienced skier, it is important that you ask the operator for help and instruction.
When chair lift operators fail to raise the bar on older lifts the bar can strike skiers and cause extensive back injuries or falls and factures. When chair lift operators fail to slow chair lifts, gauge the experience of users or properly assist those in need or stop the lifts when a skier or snowboarder falls, serious falls and injuries can occur.
If you are an inexperienced skier, it is important that you ask the operator for help and instruction.
Colorado ski lifts have malfunctioned from improper welding or system failures that have caused serious injuries and deaths. Colorado's Passenger Tramway Safety Board oversees ski equipment and lift safety in Colorado.
If you have been seriously injured or had a loved one fall or die from ski lift malfunctions or negligent lift operators, contact our firm online or call (866) 461-7749 to obtain a free consultation on your case.
