help students when physical assistance is necessary. To create more awareness about collisions, we plotted on a large trail map all the collisions and near-miss collisions that occurred. During our instructor training, all our groups skied to each area where collisions were more likely to happen and discussed the reasons those areas were more prone to collisions, such as merging trails or variations in terrain. Trainees
discussed different runs they
could take to avoid those areas, and what instructors could do differently in those areas to make collisions less likely. Upon applying these primary tactics to
address the issue, the resulting reduction in instructor injury rate was significant. In the three seasons preceding our implementation of this program we averaged 175 working days lost per season due to injury. In the seasons since implementing this program we have averaged only 38 working days lost due to injury – a near 80% reduction. In our third season of the program, zero
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working days were lost due to injury, which is very impressive for a school with more than 350 instructors.
NEAR-MISS REPORTING TAKEAWAYS Overall, as a resort we found near-miss reporting to be key in employee injury reduction. Te departments that turned in the most near-miss reports had the lowest rate of employee injuries. Te big takeaway from the near miss
reports was that we asked employees in the given situation what they could have done different to avoid the injury or near- miss, even if the employee was not at fault.
Tis gave us great ideas and information to share and discuss in department meetings with regard to employee safety, which is something we all greatly value. View Mt. Hood’s near-miss report on Te Community at:
tiny.cc/ybetey.
Stephanie Prince Alexander is the PSIA- AASI special projects editor. In addition to being the vice president of
resort and commercial operations at Mt. Hood Meadows in Oregon, Jeremy Riss is a member of Northwest Division’s Technical Team. He is also a division clinic leader and alpine examiner.
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