This is horrifying. Supposed to be a press conference soon with more details. Rumors seem to indicate it happened on the Verrukt, the world's tallest waterslide.
Originally Posted by Hydrae:
If it was poorly designed how did it get approval from the local building authorities? How did it pass inspections during the construction? Seems like there is culpability enough to go around.
Depends what incident report. Every injury and shutdown when I worked at a theme park required an incident report whether it was injury, the ride breaking down, or shutdown due to weather. At that time I wasn't on the data side of things but I am sure that there were collected and leveraged for a number of things. High maintenance rides were looked to be replaced or have the manufacture come in and fix the design flaws if still under contract, rides that went down to weather often might be moved under a canopy if possible, and of course rides that cause a lot of injuries might be fixed or shuttered for good to be replaced later. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hydrae:
If it was poorly designed how did it get approval from the local building authorities? How did it pass inspections during the construction? Seems like there is culpability enough to go around.
Yeah, this is cascade failure that should have been prevented at numerous levels, starting with "What is your engineering background? You don't have one? Get the fuck out of here!"
I'll bet there were plenty of payoffs involved to keep this shit rolling along. :-) [Reply]
The building permit review process is simply for compliance with local and national building codes. if the documents are stamped by licensed architects and engineers that is where the responsibility is assumed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
Yeah, this is cascade failure that should have been prevented at numerous levels, starting with "What is your engineering background? You don't have one? Get the **** out of here!"
I'll bet there were plenty of payoffs involved to keep this shit rolling along. :-)
Nah. They rely on an internal “trained” inspector.
Originally Posted by GloucesterChief:
Depends what incident report. Every injury and shutdown when I worked at a theme park required an incident report whether it was injury, the ride breaking down, or shutdown due to weather. At that time I wasn't on the data side of things but I am sure that there were collected and leveraged for a number of things. High maintenance rides were looked to be replaced or have the manufacture come in and fix the design flaws if still under contract, rides that went down to weather often might be moved under a canopy if possible, and of course rides that cause a lot of injuries might be fixed or shuttered for good to be replaced later.
Yeah, sometimes safety laxity can be eye-opening.
When I was in college, I worked security at JCPenney Catalog out in Lenexa.
And they paid us GOOD MONEY where a substantial part of our job was documenting safety violations as minor as pallets in front of emergency exits or carts parked in front of eye-wash stations.
I don't know what they did with our reports, but I know they wanted us vigilant of even minor safety infractions.
I can't imagine actual injuries being swept under any rug in a commercial place of business, then when you see it happen, it's eye-opening. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloucesterChief:
I don't know Schlitterbahn's policies but I do know from experience working for another theme park that any injury on a ride there shutdown the ride for a full inspection even if it was obvious the injury was due to the rider's actions. I remember when someone jumped off the top of the log flume and broke both their legs that the ride was down for a full two days while it was inspected top to bottom to make sure there was no way the ride malfunctioned causing the person to jump.
Let's see - log flume and you're a Wazzu fan. Silverwood? [Reply]
HOLY FUCK the indictment is a must read. On my phone so it's a PITA to link the headlines, read Matt Pearce of the LA Times' twitter feed for some really fucked up shit.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
HOLY FUCK the indictment is a must read. On my phone so it's a PITA to link the headlines, read Matt Pearce of the LA Times' twitter feed for some really fucked up shit.
These people are fucking monsters.
Yeah, that's a whole lot of scumbaggery. Who is MILES? [Reply]
Jeff Henry, the co-owner of Schlitterbahn, was arrested on Monday in Cameron County, Texas, on charges related to the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy on a water slide in Kansas.
