Orange County fairgoers are warned not bring cell phones on some rides that travel at high velocity. He makes sure the tires that cushion the bumper cars aren’t flat. If the ride uses hydraulics, Scanlan will check the hoses for any leaks or cracks. Are fencing, safety signs and padding in place? Do the seat belts and lap bars fasten and release? Are there any bare electrical wires, loose light fixtures or damage to the ride that could cut someone? Is every bolt and pin – some rides have several hundred of them – where it should be? When Scanlan looks over a ride, he checks everything. Some of the OC Fair’s higher-velocity rides bear signs telling people not to bring cell phones because they may fly out of pockets and injure someone. “The majority of stuff that happens out here is human error, and the majority of the time it’s the guest” doing something they shouldn’t, he said.įor example, according to Cal/OSHA records, in 2014 a woman broke several fingers while sticking her arm outside a Ferris wheel gondola to take a selfie, and a child was injured in 2015 when she unbuckled her seatbelt and climbed out of a moving ride. Scanlan picks several rides each day to inspect and make sure the operator is enforcing any safety rules. Once the OC Fair begins, the foreman of each ride will look it over each morning and run it to make sure it’s operating properly. (Photo by Alicia Robinson, The Orange County Register/SCNG) A sign on a ride at the OC Fair includes safety instructions for riders. Any incident with a ride that results in serious injury must be reported to the state agency. In the past three years, Cal/OSHA has inspected about 1,000 rides annually and investigated an average of five accidents per year, none of them fatal.
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