![]() ![]() I'm not sure what the guidelines are for fines. It's unfortunate that this happened, and also that it probably could have been prevented. Perhaps the priorities weren't quite where they should have been. Perhaps there was a little too much cost cutting in the wrong place. Not assuming here or accusing anyone at all, but I speculate that perhaps the ride ops present during the accident weren't properly trained or monitored by someone else. I tend to see things like this not as a single person's fault (although that may technically be the case here), but perhaps the result of a culture that had been around for a while. If there wasn't room in the budget, than they surely weren't thinking safety first. I'm not an expert on maintenance, but if a cable is that worn, than doesn't it need to be replaced? Surely they saw the cable and knew the manufacturers specifications, and surely there was room in the budget to do that. Look for a jury (or, if the girl's family and the park settle, a judge) to add a "penalty" that's much, much larger. The result? Kentucky fined Six Flags $1,000. "In the ’s opinion, the injuries to the ride patrons probably would have been limited to cuts and scrapes had the emergency stop button been pressed, in accordance with training, during the 10-second window of time between the loud noise followed by the cable falling and the freefall of the ride." The report also quotes an expert who said: "The extent of progressive (fatigue) cracking would have made it possible for the park personnel to detect the deteriorating condition of the rope had they been following the inspection instructions given in the maintenance manual."Īnd it wasn't just a maintenance failure. The cables when new are rated to carry at least six times the load placed upon them during normal ride operation." It is impossible to scientifically determine how long the cable had been in a condition that could lead to the failure of the cable under its normal load. The cable on the ride was in a condit ion that caused the cable to fail under its normal load in operation. The report states: "The cause of the cable failure has been determined to be fatigue, a progressive failure of the mechanism. The state of Kentucky has released its official report on the investigation into the Superman Tower of Power accident at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom last summer that cost a teen girl her feet.Īnd the state puts the blame, squarely, on Six Flags. Robert Niles Kentucky blames Six Flags maintenance, operations for accident May 30, 2008, 6:39 PM ![]()
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