What happed at Volcano Bay?

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seascape

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According to the Sentinel Volcano Bay closed early yesterday and workers were taken to the hospital. I pray they are okay and it was nothing serious. No ome should be hurt at a water park and OSHA needs to seriously investigate any employee injury.
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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seascape said:
According to the Sentinel Volcano Bay closed early yesterday and workers were taken to the hospital. I pray they are okay and it was nothing serious. No ome should be hurt at a water park and OSHA needs to seriously investigate any employee injury.
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Dead2009 said:
www.fox35orlando.com

Incident at Universal Orlando's Volcano Bay causes park to close early

A representative for Universal Orlando said its Volcano Bay water park closed early on Sunday, after an incident involving "technical issues."
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Typically when several go it is an inhalation issue in the water treatment area. Sounds like a valve was opened when it shouldn't have been or a line fitting was not tight when the valve was opened. Abundance of caution sends everyone in the area to get checked out.
 
lebeau

lebeau

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Someone on FB reported that her sisters suffered some injuries when walking near the lazy river. They were shocked and the bottoms of their feet were burned. They reported it to an employee and the area was closed off. According to the report on FB, the testing showed some kind of electric charge. The area was closed off and the girls were taken to the hospital as a precaution. The girls were okay and were given passes to return. They also asked for a refund which they received.
 
DisFanMark

DisFanMark

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From WKMG this morning:

"ORLANDO, Fla. - An incident at Universal's Volcano Bay water park sent multiple people to the hospital Sunday and forced the attraction to close several hours early.
Firefighters were originally called to the scene after getting reports of people being shocked.
A spokesman for Universal Orlando told News 6 there were "technical issues" at the park, but he did not specify the details of the incident.
The spokesman said a group workers was sent to a hospital out of an abundance of caution.
The employees have since been released and are doing fine, he said."

Same report on all our local TV news and the Sentinel as well.
 
Rider

Rider

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OS updated their article. Guests and Cast were being electrocuted.

www.orlandosentinel.com

Universal Orlando guests complain of being ‘zapped’ at Volcano Bay water park

On the final day of their Orlando vacation Sunday, Sarah Carlino of Boston and her two sisters walked at Volcano Bay when her siblings both unexpectedly reacted in pain. They both felt like they we…
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Three people were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and one to Dr. Phillips Hospital after the Orlando Fire Department responded at 4:44 p.m. Sunday, said Ashley Papagni, the fire department’s public information officer.
A small group of workers at Universal’s Volcano Bay were taken to the hospital on Sunday as a cautionary measure, Universal spokesman Tom Schroder had said in a statement Sunday.
The employees were later released from the hospital, Schroder added. His statement made no mention of any injuries to guests.
Universal declined to comment further Monday.
A Universal lifeguard, who declined to use her name because of fear of losing her job, said she had been told there was a wiring short at the Krakata Aqua Coaster. The park’s centerpiece ride that goes through the towering 200-foot volcano that can be seen from Interstate 4 had recently been rewired, she said.
“We were telling our supervisor our legs are going numb, we can feel things radiating through our bodies,” the lifeguard said, describing how she felt Sunday afternoon.
But she stayed in the water anyway.
“Everybody knows if you leave your post, it’s grounds for termination,” the lifeguard said.
Carlino, 32, said her sisters were electrically shocked several hours earlier at about 11 or 11:30 a.m.
Carlino’s frustrations were from with Universal’s response after she explained what happened to a manager, she said.
“She didn’t believe what we were saying,” Carlino said. “They weren’t taken this seriously.”
It took about 10 minutes before the area by the lazy river near the aqua coaster was closed, Carlino said. The park would later shut down that day.
Carlino said an ambulance came to the scene and first responders cleared her sisters who were not taken to the hospital.
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seascape

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lebeau said:
Someone on FB reported that her sisters suffered some injuries when walking near the lazy river. They were shocked and the bottoms of their feet were burned. They reported it to an employee and the area was closed off. According to the report on FB, the testing showed some kind of electric charge. The area was closed off and the girls were taken to the hospital as a precaution. The girls were okay and were given passes to return. They also asked for a refund which they received.
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The stay electric shocking is a complain I am well aware of all the over the country with private pools. The wiring has to be done extremely well during installation or this can happen. So its not that unusual.
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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seascape said:
The stay electric shocking is a complain I am well aware of all the over the country with private pools. The wiring has to be done extremely well during installation or this can happen. So its not that unusual.
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The water coaster was recently rewired, that may be the cause
 
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seascape

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JoeCamel said:
The water coaster was recently rewired, that may be the cause
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I don't want to credit a specific website but I would recommend any that is interested in this problem Google "stray electicity and pools." It is shocking how common this problem is.
 

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