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Following an accident that left one employee critically injured and another deceased at Mt. Hood Skibowl in April, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued the ski area a large fine.
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According to The Oregonian, OSHA found the ski area responsible, which resulted in the agency issuing more than $43,000 in damages.
OSHA determined that the resort had failed to adequately train the two employees operating the maintenance basket on the Upper Bowl Chairlift, which led to the accident and subsequent death of 29-year-old Greg Hunter in April 2026. Investigations found that instructions for the basket stated that workers should remain on the lower platform while the lift was in motion and that the basket should not be used where the lift cable exceeded an angle of 35 degrees from horizontal. Skibowl’s written job hazard analysis failed to mention both stipulations, according to the OSHA investigation.
At the time of the accident, the two employees were riding on the basket’s upper and lower levels, and the lift cable exceeded 35 degrees. One or both of these things caused the basket to sit improperly as it traveled uphill, and it eventually crashed into part of a lift tower, knocking the basket off the cable. The basket fell about 30 feet onto steep terrain before rolling approximately 105 feet downhill.
Investigations also found that the resort’s safety committee was not holding the required monthly meetings but was instead holding them quarterly when worksite inspections were imminent. The last meeting before the accident was on January 29, 2026, three months earlier.
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OSHA issued Skibowl two citations: one for inadequate training, which led to the death of an employee, and a second for depriving year-round workers of a place to discuss safety concerns. The more serious of the two cost Skibowl $40,256 in fines, and the second added $2,915, bringing the total to $43,180.
Oregon OSHA Health Enforcement Manager Brandi Davis emphasized that the fine was not based on Hunter’s death alone, but rather the gravity of the violation. “We would like to emphasize that, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, penalties that Oregon OSHA imposes are not based on the occurrence of a fatality,” Davis wrote in a letter to Hunter’s mother, “Instead, the gravity of the violation, which factors in severity of injury and probability of occurrence, is one consideration in penalty calculation.”
“The safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve has always been a top priority and we take those issues very seriously. We continue to regularly assess our safety practices and procedures, and to then take reasonable steps to improve our safety programs,” Mt Hood Skibowl Vice President and General Manager, Mike Quinn wrote in a statement to the Oregonian, “Mt. Hood Skibowl disagrees with numerous factual representations laid out in Oregon OR-OSHA’s inspection file and has appealed the validity of the resulting citations.”
A fundraiser was started for the employee who was injured to assist with medical costs and other financial burdens of recovery.
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This story was originally published August 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM.