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A Ferris Wheel Accident at a Movable Amusement Park
- Source :
- Journal of Forensic Sciences. 62:796-799
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2016.
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Abstract
- This study presented a Ferris wheel accident case. A Ferris wheel is composed of many parts, and the outmost ring of it is assembled using a lock pin. This accident occurred because the lock pin caught the door of a gondola and the gondola overturned. Five of the seven passengers in the gondola fell to the ground, along with the gondola's viewing window. The investigation revealed that the gondola became stuck when its door was caught by a lock pin at the Ferris wheel's three o'clock position. The contact between the door and the lock pin was due to a structural problem: There was not enough space allotted between the door and the lock pin. Therefore, if a passenger pushed on the gondola's door, the potential existed for contact between the door and the lock pin.
- Subjects :
- 050210 logistics & transportation
Engineering
Injury control
Accident prevention
business.industry
05 social sciences
Poison control
Structural Problem
Structural engineering
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Lock (firearm)
Theme park
0502 economics and business
Genetics
Forensic engineering
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
business
050107 human factors
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00221198
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b7e168303f8add56bec24a7ff192d8de