A Revelstoke ski resort has been fined $78,000 after a staff member sustained serious injuries when the vehicle they were reversing went over an embankment.

According to a recently published March 12 WorkSafeBC penalty notice, the incident occurred at Revelstoke Mountain Resort while a worker was driving a utility vehicle and installing parking lot signage.

“As one worker backed the vehicle up, it went over an embankment and down a steep slope. The vehicle rolled over and the worker sustained serious injuries,” the WorkSafeBC penalty notice said.

A WorkSafeBC investigation found there was no curb or guard at the edge of the parking lot and the vehicle didn’t have a rearview mirror.

The notice didn’t say when the incident happened, how far the vehicle slid down the slope or the extent of the serious injuries.

“The firm had not provided adequate supervision or training regarding operating mobile equipment adjacent to areas with steep terrain,” the penalty notice said. “The firm failed to ensure riders of mobile equipment used seat belts while the equipment was in operation and to ensure its mobile equipment had at least one rear-view mirror installed.”

WorkSafeBC also said the company failed to make sure there was a curb installed as there was a danger a vehicle could go over the edge.

The investigation found Revelstoke Mountain Resort had failed to provide its workers with the “information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety.”

Classified as a high-risk violation Revelstoke Mountain Resort was fined $78,369.

No other information was provided in the penalty notice.