Wyoming cites resort in ski patroller’s death
JACKSON – A Wyoming state agency has cited Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for not requiring a ski patroller who died in a fall to wear a helmet.
Kathryn Miller died of head injuries after falling in a steep chute in March. The Wyoming Department of Employment’s occupational safety and health division investigated the accident and cited the ski resort for not requiring its workers to wear helmets while on the slopes.
Resort spokeswoman Anna Olson says the resort will appeal. Olson says no ski area in the United States at the time of the accident required its ski patrollers to wear helmets.
Vail Resorts has since announced that all of its employees who ski or ride snowboards on the job will be required to wear helmets.
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