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What's a "Significant
Injury?"
Any injury that affects a
person's way of life. Back pain, hearing loss, loss of feeling,
blurry vision, etc...
In 2012, ASO developed a list of amusement parks, which would be
tracked and injury data analyzed. The information would be tracked
via consumer submissions, employee submissions, and ASO’s own
independent park observation visits. Information was also
disapproved via the same process.
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33 disproven
injuries, all due to not properly hydrating:
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Leg cramps
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Blacking
out
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Migraines
There were some 20+ injuries on Intimidator, however, we found that
they resulted due to rider heat related issues.
No
Mind Eraser or Joker's Jinx reportable incidents.
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Boss saw a drop in reported injuries to ASO (21 last year).
Riders who sustained burns on this ride have attributed it to seats
that had been previously empty from various ride cycles. Those burns
occurred to under part of upper legs.
Incidents that were disproven involved riders blacking out due to
heat/dehydration related issues that were the cause of not properly
hydrating. These incidents occurred to guests who waited in long
lines to ride the new Leviathan roller coaster in the middle of
summer.
What we're most happy about is the drop coupled with the amount of
employee participation we received in 2012. 22 injuries disproven,
goes a long way in educating the park employee on what guests are
doing wrong. To those park employees -- thank you!
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In
the past, one of the harder parks to get information on. However, we
were able to obtain more information on rides at this park and look
forward to working with our in-park contributors in 2013.
3
of the 12 injuries -- summarized below:
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Ride/Type |
Summary |
Ride |
Rider |
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Technic
Coaster/Steel - Wild Mouse |
Male 49: Sustained back spasms after riding with grandson. |
x |
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Technic Coaster/Steel - Wild Mouse |
Female 59:
Riders felt multiple pops in her back during ride. Had
issues getting off ride and walking out of the park. |
x |
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Technic Coaster/Steel - Wild Mouse |
Female 61:
Lower back spasms after riding with granddaughter. |
x |
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A
park, more like a ride, where significant injuries jumped in 2012.
One of two Canadian parks we track.
3 of the 14 injuries -- summarized below
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Ride/Type |
Summary |
Ride |
Rider |
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Powder
Keg/Steel - Launch |
Male 62: Blacked out while accompanying grandson on ride. |
x |
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Wildfire/Steel
- Stand-up |
Female 28:
Rider struck right shoulder during ride and had issues
lifting restraint up after ride. Says shoulder was sore for
approximately 2 weeks after. |
x |
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Powder Keg/Steel - Launch |
Female 59:
Blacked out on ride during launch. |
x |
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All
5 injuries occurred within a one month span. Then there were no
further injuries reported.
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5 of the 28 injuries -- summarized below
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Ride/Type |
Summary |
Ride |
Rider |
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Boardwalk Bullet/Wooden |
Male 32: Lower back popped after rides 1st drop. Had issues
exiting ride. |
x |
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Boardwalk Bullet/Wooden |
Female 45: Back
injury due to previous injury. Rider said, despite previous
injury, ride was rough and painful. |
|
x |
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Boardwalk Bullet/Wooden |
Male Unknown:
Migraine headache triggered by intensity of ride. Says he
did not see signs saying ride would do so. |
x |
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Boardwalk Bullet/Wooden |
Female 24: Neck
spasms after getting off ride. Sitting in last row and said
ride whipped her neck around. |
x |
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Boardwalk Bullet/Wooden |
Male Unknown:
Aggravated old back injury riding roller coaster. Felt back
pop and go numb after first drop. |
|
x |
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3 of the 7 back related injuries -- summarized
below
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Ride/Type |
Summary |
Ride |
Rider |
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Phantoms Revenge/Steel |
Male 28: Sitting in the last row, rider felt popping
sensation in lower back and burning. |
x |
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Phantoms Revenge/Steel |
Male 46: Sitting in the last row, rider felt his back crack
during 2nd drop on ride and needed assistance to his car. |
x |
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Phantoms Revenge/Steel |
Female Unknown: Lower back tightness at bottom of first
drop. Needed assistance out of the train, which was provided
by her son. |
x |
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What's a Significant
Injury?
Any injury that affects a
person's way of life. Back pain, hearing loss, loss of feeling,
blurry vision, etc...
In 2012, ASO developed a list of amusement parks, which would be
tracked and injury data analyzed. The information would be tracked
via consumer submissions, employee submissions, and ASO’s own
independent park observation visits. Information was also
disapproved via the same process.
With regard to Mind Eraser and Boomerang, we can only offer this
advice. Skip them, save yourself the trouble. In fact, one consumer
who contacted us about the park put it best, "don't go, save your
money."
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3
of the 4 of the riders who sustained back related injury on this
roller coaster did so even after knowing they had previous back
related issues. Safety signs were not the issue here -- consumers
ignoring them appears to be an issue.
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Back injuries, again, were all related to sitting in the back of the
roller coaster train. The back of the train does offer a more
intense ride. More than the front or the middle of the coaster train
as evident by the back injuries sustained.
No
injuries reported due to riders with pre-existing conditions.
Interesting to note 3 of the riders who contacted us did not know,
nor were given information on who to report ride safety
issues/questions when they asked at the park. With one saying, "they
did not know or maybe didn't want to tell me."
2
of the 5 injuries were due to riders with pre-existing conditions.
One of a few parks that saw a drop in significant injuries.
7
of the 19 injuries were due to riders with pre-existing conditions.
3 of those riders, who rode Shivering Timbers, said they should not
have been on the ride.
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