Who's at fault?

A few days ago I was running my lift and got into an accident. We had VERY poor weather, it was in the 20C or 50's F and we had experienced a lot of ice and it melted and gave way to flooding. A long line had formed at my lift and a little boy squirmed in front of his dad. The father reached out to get the kid. The little boy slid under and chair and his father grabbed the back of the chair. My co worker was outside of the control room with his hands in his pockets looking adorable. The father slipped and fell on the slush behind his kid. The chair swung into my co workers shoulder and chest knocking him to the ground and into a pool of icy water. I yelled for him and I tried to reach for the chair and it swung back hitting me in the head. My coworker told me when fell I fell into my control panel and stopped the lift and hit the side and was of course unconscious. My co worker told me he ran over to the #5th lift station and got one of our patrollers (radio would have taken too long. After 10 minutes I was taken to their room/part of the lodge.

Now this was started by that little eager.....child. Outside of the resort being held responsible. Whom esle?

Ouch.

Firstly let me say I'm glad you're ok now (or at least capable of posting anyway!); that sounds like a nasty accident, and I hope you're making a fast and complete recovery! 8)

But, TBH, wasn't it just that - an "accident"?

Ski resorts are slippery places, snow melts, ice forms, people slip over - if you choose to go skiing you accept the risk that you slip over... no?

From your POV, of course the station has a duty of care and a requirement to provide a safe environment for you to work in - within the reality of it being a ski resort - do you think they failed in that?

Also, if there is a possibility this might become an issue between you and your employer, you should probably be careful how much detail / opinion you want to post here?

Why do we always look to apportion blame somewhere? Like Admin says, that sounds like an accident to me.