2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 21. LABOR
ARTICLE 10. AMUSEMENT RIDES AND AMUSEMENT ATTRACTIONS SAFETY ACT.
§21-10-9. Notice of serious physical injury or fatality; investigations; records available to public.
§21-10-9. Notice of serious physical injury or fatality;
investigations; records available to public.
An owner or operator of an amusement ride or amusement
attraction shall notify the division not later than twenty-four
hours after any fatality or accident occurring as a result of the
operation of the amusement ride or amusement attraction that
results in a serious physical injury to any person requiring
medical treatment or results in a loss of consciousness to any
person. The notice may be oral or written. The division shall
investigate each fatality or accident and any safety-related
complaint involving an amusement ride or amusement attraction in
this state about which the division receives notice. Every owner
or operator of an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall keep
a record of each accident or fatality and the record shall be kept
with the certificate of inspection required by this article and
shall be readily accessible to the public for inspection at any
reasonable time at the carnival, fair or event where the amusement
ride or amusement attraction is located.
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