Image via WikipediaRIDES AT COUNTY FAIRS
It’s summertime the kids are out of school, their excited about going to county fairs. When I was a kid summertime to me meant hanging out with friends. Making money babysitting so you could, have money to go to the county fair. It’s a right of passage for kids all over to ride the rides at county fairs.
At the Alameda County fair Seven people were injured on the Wacky Worm ride a children’s roller coaster ride on July 1, 2010. On June 24, 2010 at Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma a workers leg was severed when he stepped in front of the Wacky Worm roller coaster. This ride is different from the children’s ride at Alameda County Fair.
Are rides a county fair’s safe? At the Alameda County Fair, a chain broke on the ride. Was the ride inspected very carefully? Was it negligence on the part of operators of the rides? I guess we have to wait and see until the Occupational Safety and Health Administration gets done with their report. And for the worker at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair, I think personally he was at fault.
Well people if you love to go to county fairs and ride the rides, I guess we have to hope and pray that every ride we get on is safe. Have a great and safe summer.
http://kcbs.cbslocal.com/2010/07/02/wacky-worm-ride-injures-seven-at-alameda-county-fair/
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/north_bay&id=7516634
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