Amusement park accidents

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The amusement park accidents refers to serious injury or deaths occurring in amusement parks. Many such accidents are reported to the authorities as they are usually required by law everywhere. The US Consumer Products Safety Commission tracks statistics for all leisure travel accidents. The accidents listed here are caused by one of the following:

1. Due to guest negligence. This could be a refusal to follow specific safety instructions, or deliberately violate park rules.
2. Results of a known or unknown health problem by the user.
3. Negligence in the part of the park, either by railroad operator or maintenance safety instructions, or intentionally intends to violate park rules.
4. Act of God or common accidents ( eg. , lightning strikes, slips and falls), it's not a direct result of an action on any part

According to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), the trade association for permanent amusement park facilities, 290 million tickets sold by US amusement parks in 2010.

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Statistics for United States

Death:

• From 1987 to 2000, there were approximately 4.5 deaths associated with entertainment in the world per year.
• From 1990 to 2004, there were 52 deaths associated with amusement parks.
• There were 3 deaths in 2001, 2 deaths in 2002, and 3 deaths in 2003.

Injured:

• In 2011, 1,204 people were injured in 400 amusement parks, according to IAAPA.

Florida

All major Florida parks - which include Walt Disney World Resort, SeaWorld Orlando, Universal Orlando, and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay - report quarterly details about accidents and other incidents in their parks. The requirement for reported incidents is that the incident was a fatal incident, or that the injured person required a visit to the hospital overnight. Four examples of the types of incidents that have been reported to the Florida Fair Inspection Bureau are listed here:

• • a 68-year-old woman broke both her legs and arms as she stepped out of the vehicle on Peter Pan Flight.
  • The 42-year-old man broke his left ankle as he stepped out of the Kilimanjaro Safari rides.
  • a 14-year-old girl broke her arm in Camp Jurassic's climbing net.
  • A 57-year-old man suffers from chest pain while driving a Revenge of the Mummy.

From 2004 to 2009, attractions in the Orlando region that attracted most guest lawsuits were:

• • 7 lawsuits for Ripsaw Dudley Do-Right Waterfall at Universal Orlando
  • 5 lawsuits for Mission: Space in Epcot
  • 3 lawsuits for The Black Hole, watershed in Wet 'n Wild; Popeye & amp; Blunto's Bilge-Rat Barges in Islands of Adventure; and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
  • 2 lawsuits each for eleven other rides at tourist spots.

2006

• In the second quarter of 2006, there were 12 seriously reported injuries or illnesses from many people visiting parks and resorts.
  • Disney reports nine cases. Among them are: two deaths; a man who swallows too much water in Typhoon Lagoon; three women who fell and broke their hips or suffered another injury; two men with chest pain; and a boy who passed out at Blizzard Beach.
  • During the same time period, Universal Orlando reported one case: a woman with chest pain, numbness in arms, and other symptoms.
  • SeaWorld and Busch Gardens reported no cases during the quarter.
  • Water parks at the Busch Gardens Tourist Park report two cases of people complaining of injuries.
• In the fourth quarter of 2006, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando, Wet 'n Wild and Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay reported no serious injuries or illness while driving in their fourth quarter submissions. Disney reported 6 incidents, ranging from dizzy guests as out of the way to a broken leg at Typhoon Lagoon.

2007

• In the first quarter of 2007, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando, Wet 'n Wild and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay reported no serious incidents on their way. Disney reported four.

• In the 2nd quarter of 2007, only five significant incidents occurred at major Orlando and Tampa Bay theme parks. It marked the first time in five quarters that deaths were not reported by the parks.
• In the 3rd quarter of 2007, eight serious injuries were reported in Orlando and Tampa Bay recreation parks.

• In the fourth quarter of 2007, three injuries and one death were reported in major Orlando and Tampa Bay recreation parks.

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Injuries to children

Approximately 4,400 children are injured every year on amusement park rides, but only 1.5% of those injured are serious enough to require hospitalization. Between 1990 and 2000, some 82,000 children under the age of 18 were taken to the emergency room after being injured by amusement park rides. An additional 11,000 people were injured while riding outside the amusement park, such as those found in local malls, restaurants, or arcades.

Of those reporting 82,000 incidents, 34% occurred in locations where the rides were considered permanent, 29% occurred at temporary attractions, and 25% were not categorized.

Girls are more often hurt than boys. The most common injuries are on the head, neck, arms, face, and legs. Most of the injuries are reported to occur due to improper restraint or attachment, or caused by a child falling, alive, dead, or fighting a vehicle.

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The famous incident

• Incident at Cedar Fair park
• Incident in CNL Earnings Property park
• Incident at Disney park
• Incident at Herschend Park
• Incident at the SeaWorld park
• Incident at Six Flags park
• Incident in Universal park
• Incident in an independent amusement park
• Incident at European theme park

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References

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Bibliography

• ASTM F2291, Practicing for Design of Entertainment and Devices

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External links

• International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
• The Entertainment Security Organization Injuries on the ride
• US Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Search the Central Florida amusement park accident database from the Orlando Sentinel, including a quarterly government report made by Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando, Wet 'n Wild and Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay.
• The amusement park accident information
• News archive of the crash from 1998 onwards

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