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Worker dies while trying to fix roller coaster in mall
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Posted on 03/03/2003 7:06:37 PM PST by mhking
Worker dies while trying to fix roller coaster in mall The Associated Press
3/1/03 10:34 PM LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) -- An assistant store manager at a mall here was killed Saturday when he was run over by the indoor roller coaster he was repairing, according to a broadcast report.
The employee of the Jeepers restaurant and game room in the Wonderland Mall was standing along the rails and looking at a potential trouble spot when the train hit him from behind, WJBK-TV reported.
Investigators said they believed the 43-year-old Dearborn Heights man, whose name was not released, was killed instantly, the station said.
An officer who answered the telephone at Livonia police headquarters said no information about the accident was available Saturday night.
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:06:37 PM PST
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; AntiGuv; dubyaismypresident; Grani; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:06:58 PM PST
by
mhking
(Get in, sit down, shut up, & hold on...)
To: mhking
I could be wrong but well, you should probably always lock out a piece of equipment that is capable of maiming you if someone decides to power it up.
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:26:34 PM PST
by
Noslrac
To: mhking
was standing along the rails and looking at a potential trouble spot Words fail me.
To: mhking
Okay well all I can say on this matter is uuuummm DUH!
To: mhking
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:42:42 PM PST
by
Consort
To: mhking
It's a terrorist conspiracy to kill roller coaster workers in March:
Painter dies while working on Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens
JAMES CITY, Va. -- A painter working on a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg amusement park died Saturday morning after the high-reaching vehicle he was in overturned.
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:43:07 PM PST
by
joan
To: mhking
Darwin Award!
Moral of the story:
Lock out equipment for ANY maintenance. Be SURE (try it) that it won't run.
Don't unlock and power up until EVERYONE is clear.
The life you save may be your own.
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posted on
03/03/2003 8:49:04 PM PST
by
petuniasevan
(cogito, ergo spud: I think, therefore I yam...)
To: mhking
was standing along the rails and looking at a potential trouble spot when the train hit him from behind Well there's one right there...
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posted on
03/04/2003 12:26:39 AM PST
by
Ichneumon
To: mhking
Can you say "Lockout"? Good, I knew you could.
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posted on
03/04/2003 12:34:28 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: mhking
What was he doing, running onto the tracks repeatedly to check things out after the cars passed by???
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posted on
03/04/2003 12:39:26 AM PST
by
scott7278
(Peace had it's chance, now it's bombs away!)
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