Departments: Risk & Safety

SAM Magazine-Hancock, Mass., May 5, 2011-The 2nd Annual SAM Summer Ops Camp, which affords managers and operators a chance to uncover the benefits and…

SAM Magazine–April 15, 2011–The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found “serious” workplace violations at Wolf Creek Ski Area, Colo., following an investigation of…

SAM Magazine-Whistler, B.C., April 1, 2011-Whistler Blackcomb has instituted a new height restriction for all skiers and riders due to the area’s prodigious, record-breaking…

SAM Magazine-Newry, Maine, Oct. 26, 2010- In the wake of the SANY and NWSS fall workshops, the two groups and NSAA are planning an…

SAM Magazine–October 20, 2010–A jury returned a unanimous defense verdict yesterday in the case of James Malaguit v. Ski Sundown, Inc., in the Connecticut…

SAM Magazine-Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 30, 2010-It could only happen in California: last Friday, governor Arnold Schwarzenegger first approved a bill that required under-18 skiers…

SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 8, 2010-F. Scott Pierpont will be joining Doppelmayr CTEC as vice president of sales in mid-October. Pierpont has…

SAM Magazine–August 26, 2010–A proposed helmet law (SB 1652) for minors in California passed the state Assembly last week and the Senate yesterday and…

SAM Magazine-Vienna, Austria, July 6, 2010-The Organisation Internationale Des Transports a Cables (OITAF) will hold its tenth worldwide congress Oct. 24-27 in Rio de…