OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1004076
PLAYLAND PARK WESTCHESTER CO DEPT OF PR & C
RYE, NY·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by gondola amusement ride
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 18, was working as a "ladder" on a revolving amusement ride, th e "Double Skyflyer." He left his designated workstation at the inside corner of the platform and walked diagonally across it to retrieve a fallen object. As he stood up from a crouched position, he was struck in the right shoulder and back by a 2-ton passenger gondola and driven forward into a steel support column. Emp loyee #1 sustained severe head injuries and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 459
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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