Worker hit by roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall
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Briar Crutchfield, a spokeswoman with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety says a 47-year-old worker was trying to remove a patron’s hat that was lodged in a track at the Galaxy Orbiter shortly after 12:20 p.m. That’s when the worker was stuck by a rollercoaster that was loaded with passengers as it was descending around a spiral.
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I have never, ever owned a hat that was worth getting killed over. Even my hat with Derek Jeter's signature isn't particularly important to me.
I can't believe that they don't tell workers up front that entering the ride area without locking it out is grounds for termination. If that isn't policy, it should be.
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What's up with workers being hit by spinning coasters!? This is the third one I can think of - but this person lived.
Lock out, Tag out is the law.
No excuse for this one unless its proven they were never trained that way.
CoasterDemon said:
What's up with workers being hit by spinning coasters!? This is the third one I can think of - but this person lived.
I think the (relatively) low speed of the cars tends to make people complacent.
Dave's signature should be posted directly adjacent to the time-clock for all employees who work on or around rides...machines simply do not care.
With, of course. :-)
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