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fromSnowBrains
6 days ago

2 Fatal Quad Bike Accidents of Resort Employees in 2 Days Shake European Ski Resorts - SnowBrains

On Monday, February 23, Pierre Denambride, the 51-year-old head of slope safety at Flaine in Haute-Savoie, France, was killed while working on the mountain. One day later, on Tuesday night, a 41-year-old resort worker died in a separate quad accident in Flims, Switzerland, part of the Flims Laax ski area. The back-to-back tragedies have drawn attention to the use of quad bikes-often fitted with tracks or crawler systems-by ski patrol, slope safety teams, and mountain operations staff across Europe and North America.
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fromSFGATE
10 months ago

Bay Area mechanic crushed by forklift in 3rd death tied to same company

Alco Iron & Metal has a troubling history of workplace fatalities and safety violations, with a recent incident resulting in a mechanic's death.
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