OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194864
DECKING,SHOULDER,THIGH,RUN OVER,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN HIT BY AMUSEMENT RIDE CAR
Investigation abstract
On May 25, 1985, an employee was operating an amusement ride called the whip at Wild World. She stopped the ride to assist a small child out of his or her ride seat, as instructed to, when another child accidentally turned the ride back on. The ride started back up and spun into the employee knocking her down to the de ck. She sustained an injury to left shoulder and bruised her left thigh. This wa s her first day of operating the ride. The causal factor was that the employee h ad left the operator station unattended to assist a patron out of his or her rid e seat, as instructed to do; however, this allowed another individual to turn th e ride back on.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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