Injury Prevention for Ski-Area Employees: A Physiological Assessment of Lift Operators, Instructors, and Patrollers

Table 1

Demographic information for the 75 study participants collected during the first season at five snowsport resorts in Western Canada. Data are presented as mean ± SD or as a percentage of the number of volunteers.

	Patrollers	Instructors	Lift operators
Age	30±12 yrs	36±16 yrs	23±4.8 yrs
% Males	84%	54 %	78%
% Smokers
Tobacco	0%	13%	17%
Other	28%	8%	40%
% Skiers	80%	56%	43%
% Telemark	20%	0%	0%
% Snowboard	0%	39%	47%
% Both board and ski	0%	4%	13%
Years of experience	2±12 yrs	6±4 yrs	1±1 yrs
Participates in recreational physical activity	72%	46%	33%
% Body fat
Males	14.6±5.4%	20.1±6.7%	15.1±6.7%
Females	16.6±3.4%	24.4±7.2%	27.3±9.9%
BMI
Males	23.9±2.5	26.1±2.6	24.9±5.1
Females	21.7±1.7	23.3±5.4	25.5±5.8