Summer 2015 Commercial Fatalities
Posted: December 2, 2015 Filed under: Challenge or Ropes Course, Cycling, Whitewater Rafting, Zip Line | Tags: Cycling, Fatalities, fatality, Hiking, Ropes course, Whitewater Rafting, zip line Leave a commentThis list is not guaranteed to be accurate. The information is found from web searches and news dispatches. Those references are part of the chart. If you have a source for information on any fatality please leave a comment or contact me. Thank you.
If this information is incorrect or incomplete please let me know. This is up to date as of November 30, 2015. Thanks.
Rafting, Mountaineering and other summer sports are probably still safer than your kitchen or bathroom. This information is not to scare you away from any activity but to help you understand the risks and to study.
Red is a probable death due to medical issues unrelated to the activity
Dark blue is a death of an employee while working
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Date |
Activity |
State |
Location |
What |
Age |
Sex |
Location 2 |
Reference |
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3/2 |
Backcountry Skiing |
AK |
Chugach Mountains |
Calving Glacier |
28 |
M |
|
|
|
5/22 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Clear Creek |
Raft Flipped |
47 |
F |
M258.5 |
|
|
5/31 |
Whitewater Rafting |
MT |
Gallatin River |
Raft Flipped |
43 |
M |
House Rock |
|
|
6/5 |
Whitewater Rafting |
UT |
Colorado River, Westwater |
Raft Flipped |
50 |
M |
Funnel Falls |
|
|
6/10 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Arkansas River, Brown’s Canyon, |
Raft high sided |
11 |
M |
Big Drop |
|
|
6/11 |
Zip Line |
NC |
Camp Cheerio |
|
12 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Arkansas River |
|
52 |
M |
Salt Lick |
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|
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Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Animas |
|
|
M |
|
|
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6/13 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Roaring Fork River |
|
44 |
F |
|
|
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6/22 |
Hiking on Whitewater Rafting Trip |
AZ |
Colorado River |
Missing after hike |
22 |
M |
Pumpkin Springs, Swamper on trip |
|
|
6/23 |
Wakeboarding |
GA |
Carters Lake |
|
23 |
M |
|
|
|
|
Whitewater Rafting |
NM |
Rio Grande |
|
52 |
M |
|
|
|
7/4 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Clear Creek |
|
20 |
M |
|
|
|
7/6 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Poudre River |
Medical |
76 |
M |
|
|
|
7/13 |
Ropes Course |
SC |
Freebird |
|
16 |
F |
|
|
|
7/14 |
Zip Line |
UT |
Zip line |
Fell off platform |
54 |
M |
Grabbed guest who pulled him off |
|
|
7/18 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Dizzy Lizzy |
Fell out of raft |
35 |
M |
|
|
|
9/25/15 |
Zip Line |
MI |
Huron County |
Fell from zip line |
85 |
M |
|
|
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9/27 |
Cycling Time Trial |
CA |
Yolo County |
Hit by car |
57 |
M |
County Road 19, west of Interstate 505 near Esparto |
If you are unable to read the chart, email me at jim@rec-law.us and I’ll send it to you as a PDF.
Our condolences go to the families of the deceased. Our thoughts extend to the families and staff at the areas who have to deal with these tragedies.
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