1 Approved: 10/7/2019 2 3 UTAH PASSENGER ROPEWAY SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING 4 5 June 5, 2019 6 7 Deer Valley Resort 8 Snowpark Lodge, 2002 Room 9 Park City, Utah 10 11 Committee Members present: Rich Taxwood, Chairman 12 Jeff West, Board Member 13 Maike Jones, Board Member 14 Russ Oberlander, Board Member 15 Robert Miles, Ex-officio Member 16 17 Attended by Phone: Haydon Christenson, Board Member 18 19 Members absent: Curt Panter, Board Member 20 21 Staff: Brian Allen 22 23 Others present: Tyler Phillips, Snowbird 24 Mike Newfeild, Sun Valley 25 Chad Elkins, Sun Valley 26 Aric Dorr, Sun Valley 27 Kasey Steel, Powder Mountain 28 Matt Steel, Powder Mountain 29 Ross Palmer, Skytrac 30 Gustavo Gonzalez, Park City Mountain 31 Jim Marrott, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort 32 Ben Ahern, Snowbasin 33 Seth Wallace, USFS 34 Ed Jamison, Deer Valley 35 Chris Landers, Alta Ski Lifts 36 Ben Watts, Park City Mountain 37 Ralph Clifton, Snowbasin 38 Richard Batchelder, Snowbasin 39 Nate Rodgers, Powder Mountain 40 Ashton Young, Powder Mountain 41 Albi Birdie, Yellowstone Club 42 Chris Ricker, Yellowstone Club 43 Aaron Berg, Woodward Park City 44 Seth Haddic, Woodward Park City 45 David Farmer, Brighton Ski Resort 46 47 48 49 1 Page 2 2 Deer Valley Resort 3 Park City, Utah 4 June 5, 2019 5 6 7 CALL TO ORDER 8 9 The meeting was called to order at 11:00 am. 10 11 12 I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 13 The minutes of the May 6, 2019 meeting were reviewed and a motion to approve the minutes 14 was made by Robert Miles, seconded by Jeff West, and passed unanimously. 15 16 17 II. Conveyor Safety Requirements 18 The discussion began with a mention that the safety of employees working on this equipment 19 has been an ongoing discussion by the Committee, B77 Committee, and various jurisdictions. While 20 all seem to agree that appropriate changes would help reduce the occurrence of injury, there are 21 many different approaches still being considered in the various jurisdictions. 22 23 At the May 6, 2019 meeting the Committee decided to consider requiring resorts to have 24 a policy and training for worker safety specific for conveyors, and that the policy would be 25 reviewed to ensure compliance with the manufactures manuals and subsequent maintenance 26 bulletins. 27 28 Following input and discussion from those present today it seemed that the Committee 29 members agreed to allow each area to develop a policy for working on conveyors. The resorts 30 should work with the manufactures to ensure they have all the requirements that apply to their 31 equipment and that their policies should be in compliance with those requirements. That means 32 if a manufacturer recommends an area add circuitry to facilitate lock out tag out, then the area is 33 expected to add that circuitry. 34 35 The progress on conveyor policies will be one of the issues reviewed at the operation 36 visit. 37 38 39 III. Memorandum of Understanding – Forest Service / UPRSC 40 Since the May committee meeting James Palmer, assistant attorney general, has completed a 41 review of the proposed MOU and previous agreements that have been signed. The proposed 42 document is similar to the previous agreement and he did not express any concerns or issues for the 43 committee to consider. The members present did not have any items or issues to discuss about the 44 MOU. Jeff West made a motion to support the committee signing the MOU. Russ Oberlander 45 seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 1 Page 3 2 Deer Valley Resort 3 Park City, Utah 4 June 5, 2019 5 6 7 IV. Air Space Exception – annual review 8 There are not any exceptions for the requirements of the ANSI B77 standards. There are 9 seven air space exceptions. There have not been any incidents or events that would relate to these 10 air space exceptions. The seven exceptions are: 11  Snowbasin John Paul lift: Ropes course adjacent to the bottom. 12  Snowbird Peruvian lift: Alpine Coaster building is adjacent to the bottom terminal. 13  Snowbird Chickadee lift: Pedestrian bridge crosses over the lift near the bottom terminal. 14  Park City Crescent lift: Alpine Coaster bridge crosses under the lift near the bottom. 15  Park City Frostwood lift: Miners Club building is adjacent to bottom of lift. 16  Park City Red Pine Gondola: Summer event tent is adjacent to the bottom terminal. 17  Park City Sunrise lift: Condominium building is near lift line. 18 19 Following the review of the exceptions Russ Oberlander made a motion to approve the 20 exceptions. Robert Miles seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously. 21 22 23 IV. Forest Service / Area & Manufacturer Updates 24 The Forest Service, manufactures, and resorts present each gave a brief update on their 25 seasons and upcoming work. 26 27 28 29 30 The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 pm.