SAM Coverage
Safety
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What to Say, How to Say It
Communications after major events must be handled with utmost care. Not long ago, resorts released information regarding bad news events only grudgingly, if at…
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Job Safety Training
Plan and prepare now for autumn training programs. A lack of training often causes or contributes to on-the-job accidents. While it can be hard…
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Personal Protective Equipment
PPE is the last line of defense against employee injuries, and an important one. Personal protective equipment (PPE), important as it is, should be…
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Code Read?
Your Responsibility Code has been the cornerstone of on-hill etiquette and safety, but delivering the message is evolving due to societal and technical changes.…
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Summer Ops and Tots
Without the liability protection afforded by inherent risk statutes, summer activities need extra care–especially when kids are involved. In the medical field, there’s a…
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Play It Safe
10 tips to ignite and enhance your safety programs. Safety programs often become stagnant when they have not been reviewed on a regular basis.…
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Speak Out :: Keep Kids in Their Seats
Our industry seems to be experiencing an increase in the number of children accidentally falling from chairlifts, as “Up in the Air” (SAM, July…
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Just the Facts, Ma’am
Along with all the steps areas take at this time of year to make sure things go right, it’s time to be prepared when…
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Attending to the Details
The final months of 2002 were a tough time for Colorado ski resorts. On Nov. 23, Winter Park lost area manager Jack Mason, 53,…
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Safety First
National safety week continues to be a great showcase for ski areas to educate and build awareness around one of their highest priorities—safety. And…
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When Every Second Counts
by Bill Koons, Copper Mountain Resort At a Colorado ski area last February, a 24-year-old male skier was taking a jump when he landed…
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Worst-Case Senario
It’s 9:30 in the morning and you stop for coffee. Like most ski area folks, you’ve been up for hours, making sure everything is…
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Not to Me!
Some years ago, I nearly killed myself in an industrial accident. It was March, and there was still a lot of snow on the…
