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Report For New York  Amusement Ride Accidents

This report describes U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) data on
amusement ride-related fatalities and hospital emergency room-treated injuries. Fatality data are presented for calendar years 1987 through 1999. Injury data are presented for calendar years 1993 through 1999. Hazard scenario data derived from in-depth investigations and incident reports are presented for the period from 1 Jan 1990 through 30 April 2000.

• An estimated 10,400 hospital emergency room-treated injuries occurred in 1999, with
about 7,000 involving fixed rides and 3,000 involving mobile rides. An estimated 23.5
injuries per million attendance occurred at fixed-site parks in 1999. Attendance data are
not currently available for mobile rides.

• There was a marginally significant upward trend in fixed-site and total amusement ride related injuries from 1993 through 1999 due to a sharp increase in fixed-site injuries beginning in 1997.

• The estimated annual average number of non-occupational amusement ride-related
fatalities from 1987 through 1998 was 4.3 fatalities each year, and there was a
marginally significant upward trend in fatalities from 1993 through 1999.

• A hazard sketch summarizing CPSC investigations of amusement ride incidents revealed hazard patterns associated with mechanical failure, operator behavior, consumer behavior, other factors, and combinations of these factors.