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Originally Posted by GGG
Alberta regulates rides under the safety codes act.
http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2001_223.pdf
It references an ASTM standard for inspection F2783. Unforntuately you need a subcription to access that standar but in general ASTM standards are of high engineering quality and reviewed and edited regularly by industry and academic experts.
I looked for and found the stampede failure report. Cause was fatigue cracking which should have been caught by inspection.
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sco...eased-1.622843 |
While all the rules and standards are in place, actually doing the inspection and the maintenance can be a problem. Things can get missed, or a guy just does a half assed job and you have a problem. A guy could take a glance at his machine and sign off that he did his weekly inspection or maintenance.
I highly doubt 100% of the rides are inspected by a third party every year. It's probably the owner of the machine who does it.