Summer 2015 Commercial Fatalities
Posted: March 30, 2016 Filed under: Paddlesports, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Tags: 2015, All American Adventures, Bay Shore Camp, Calving, Chugach Powder Guides, Colorado River, fatality, Flipped, Funnel Falls, Geyser Whitewater Expedition, Glacier, Summer, Westwater Canyon, Whitewater Rafting 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 December 31, 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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Company |
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3/2 |
Backcountry Skiing |
AK |
Chugach Mountains |
Calving Glacier |
28 |
M |
|
|
Chugach Powder Guides |
|
|
5/22 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Clear Creek |
Raft Flipped |
47 |
F |
M258.5 |
|
All American Adventures |
|
|
5/31 |
Whitewater Rafting |
MT |
Gallatin River |
Raft Flipped |
43 |
M |
House Rock |
|
Geyser Whitewater Expedition |
|
|
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 |
|
The Adventure Company |
|
|
6/11 |
Zip Line |
NC |
Camp Cheerio |
|
12 |
F |
|
|
YMCA |
|
|
|
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Arkansas River |
|
52 |
M |
Salt Lick |
|
|
|
|
|
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Animas |
|
|
M |
|
|
|
Mild to Wild |
|
6/13 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Roaring Fork River |
|
44 |
F |
|
Blazing Adventures |
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6/22 |
Hiking on Whitewater Rafting Trip |
AZ |
Colorado River |
Missing after hike |
22 |
M |
Pumpkin Springs, Swamper on trip |
Tours West |
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6/23 |
Wakeboarding |
GA |
Carters Lake |
|
23 |
M |
|
|
Cohutta Springs Youth Camp |
|
|
|
Whitewater Rafting |
NM |
Rio Grande |
|
52 |
M |
|
|
|
|
|
7/4 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Clear Creek |
|
20 |
M |
|
|
Mile High Rafting |
|
|
7/6 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Poudre River |
Medical |
76 |
M |
|
|
A1 Wildwater Rafting |
|
|
7/13 |
Ropes Course |
SC |
Freebird |
|
16 |
F |
|
|
Carolina Point Young Life Camp |
|
|
7/14 |
Zip Line |
UT |
Zip line |
Fell off platform |
54 |
M |
Grabbed guest who pulled him off |
|
Kanab Zipline |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Bay Shore Camp |
|
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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 |
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Northern California Nevada Cycling Association |
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