Ten Thousand People are Injured at Amusement Parks Each Year. Follow These Tips to Avoid Being One of Those Visitors Hurt at Theme Parks.
With children and teens out for summer vacation, amusement parks, theme parks, fairs, and carnivals are popular choices to have a fun filled day out with family or friends.
Though recreational facilities with rollercoasters and merry-go-rounds are thrilling, they are also filled with dangerous situations. Many are unaware, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that about 10,000 people experience injuries at amusement parks and, of the 10,000, five deaths result each year. This is just a ball park number based upon voluntary reporting. The real statistics could be much higher since rules on reporting injury accidents at theme parks are different in each state and many injuries occur that are unreported.
Injuries that are reported vary from major harm to minor cuts and bruises. Sometimes the victim suffers a tremendous amount of injuries, as in the case of the 13-year old girl from Kentucky. A cable had broken off in the middle of a Six Flags amusement park tower drop ride and at a high velocity whipped the girl in the leg, resulting in both her legs being severed.
General reasons for injuries caused at parks include:
- Improper use of restraints.
- Standing up or sticking body parts out during rides when it is against safety precautions.
- The negligence of the person operating the ride, including failure to check the seatbelts to see if they are secure for riders or pushing the wrong operation controls.
- Tripping, stumbling, or falling at entrances, exits, restrooms, etc.
If you or someone you know has endured an injury at an amusement park, carnival, fair, or theme park, the best thing you can do for the victim is contact a knowledgeable personal injury attorney to find out if compensation is owed for damages.
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