AK worker injured

[DisneyGigi]

So sad, my thoughts and prayers go out to the family.

 

[MKCP 1985]

:raying for a full and complete recovery::

Attention WDW Management: Consider this incident a perfect reason to rip Chester and Hester's crap-o-licous Dino-Rama off the DAK map!

yeah, well - something similar with fatal consequences contributed to getting the Skyway closed at Magic Kingdom, didn't it?

best wishes to the poor employee - get well soon!

 

[Nemo14]

yeah, well - something similar with fatal consequences contributed to getting the Skyway closed at Magic Kingdom, didn't it?

best wishes to the poor employee - get well soon!

Read post #13....

 

[66Stella]

This is indeed such sad news. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. I'm sure we'll find out more details regarding this terrible tragedy as time goes on and OSHA interviews more people.

 

[MKCP 1985]

Read post #13....

oops. . . that is a heart breaker.

13 - not a lucky number, is it?

 

[lilclerk]

This is horrible news Condolences to her family & friends.

 

[Nemo14]

oops. . . that is a heart breaker.

13 - not a lucky number, is it?

apparently not.....

 

[wishiwere@wdw]

This is tragic..

Please be sure to also pray for the families and children that may have witnessed this event. I can't even imagine what my 3 or 5 year old would have thought had they seen this happen

 

[Space Mountain]

From what my sources tell me is that she is a new employee, just finished training( I don't know how well she was trained?) and she was at the Load postion and dispatched the ride vehicle, then must have seen something wrong or something and reached to check something or grab something and got tangled up in the vehicle and it drug her about 15 -20 ft and around the corner and finally hit her head on a platform. The part that doesn't make sense is....where was the tower operator? The vehicle was dragging her in front of the tower the whole way and around the corner, was the tower operator even paying attention??? One these days, someone will get killed on that ride, and then they will actually pay to attention to safety then. AK has the worst safety record when it comes to cast member injuries and nothing gets done about it.

If she was on the load platform, I would like to know why a Station Stop wasn't pressed...
She was most likely trained correctly. Why she entered the area is unknown but probably to retrieve a lost item from a guest. This is a perfect example of why Ride Access Control procedures are in place and why they are to be utilized at all times when entering the ride area. She obviously did not have permission from RAC to enter..Its a tragedy that it had to happen, but this is what happens when rules aren.t followed.

 

[Brian_WDW74]

Local www.cfn13.com is reporting that the CM has now passed. Thought and prayers are with her and the family

There's been an update posted on that site, and now it's not apparent if she has actually died or not:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration may have given News 13 incorrect information. They now say they can not confirm to News 13 that an Animal Kingdom worker who was injured on the job has died.

Let's hope for good news!

 

[Crazy4WDW1]

The Local6.com site was updated at 12:38 p.m. EST today and they are saying that she died. How awful.

 

[wannabeBelle]

Thoughts and prayers with the family during their time of loss. Does anyone know even a first name of the CM involved?? I Know someone who at least at one point worked over there so I am a bit concerned. Belle

 

[al5957]

The Local6.com site was updated at 12:38 p.m. EST today and they are saying that she died. How awful.

Just to bring it up to date:

OSHA Retracts Confirmation Of Disney Worker's Death

Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:59:25 PM

 

[mpoppins76]

This is just absolutely awful. Continuing to pray for her.

 

[JustPlainBill]

So basically she was in a place she was not supposed to be, doing something she probably should not be doing, right? Outside of maybe making the arguement that she was poorly trained (and the fact that they did not call OSHA immediately), how can you blame Disney for this?

I'm not an expert in this field and I don't know any details of this case, other than what I've read on this board. I'm speaking generally, from my own dealings with OSHA as a manager in manufacturing. OSHA can blame disney for the accident if there is no proof of the employees training, not speaking just of operating the equipment, training in lock out/tag out procedures are required for all employees dealing with machinery, not just maintenance employees. Did the employee know that by being in that area required the machine to be locked out, was it required? If the area isn't identified as a hazardous area and it isn't clearly marked. Was a safety guard removed or bypassed? If written procedures were violated by the employee and they clearly disregarded the rules, can Disney provide documentation that they have consistently disciplined employees for this in the past?
This past summer I was at the MK waiting to board Dumbo when one of the "elephants" needed to be taken out of service because of some malfunction. Though I was irrtated by the delay it caused, I was quite impressed watching the manager in charge systematically execute a well rehearsed and planned lock out tag out proceedure before beginning the work. Bringing the ride back into service impressed me as well, the whole thing took about 45 minutes. As I said I certainly know nothing about this case, I feel bad for the injured worker and hope for her full recovery.
OSHA fined my company when during an inspection they found that one of our workers tied back a safety latch on a machine, we argued that it was an isolated incident and we clearly don't allow employees to do this. We couldn't show any documentation that we had a system in place to inspect these latches and nothing to show that we have disciplined anyone before on it. OSHA can be a real pain in the butt for any company, but you have to cooperate with every investigation to insure the safety of your employees. If your following OSHA procedures you have nothing to worry about, however a lot of supervisors don't know what those regulations are, or are so focused on getting a machine up and running short cuts are taken, not implying that happened here, generally speaking, of course.

 

[tigsmom]

Local www.cfn13.com is reporting that the CM has now passed. Thought and prayers are with her and the family

That report has been retracted.

 

[UltimtMickeyFan]

Just saw that.... Wow the news needs to slow down on reporting information. Still prayers are with the CM and the family...

 

[bigtotoro]

I'm not an expert in this field and I don't know any details of this case, other than what I've read on this board. I'm speaking generally, from my own dealings with OSHA as a manager in manufacturing. OSHA can blame disney for the accident if there is no proof of the employees training, not speaking just of operating the equipment, training in lock out/tag out procedures are required for all employees dealing with machinery, not just maintenance employees. Did the employee know that by being in that area required the machine to be locked out, was it required? If the area isn't identified as a hazardous area and it isn't clearly marked. Was a safety guard removed or bypassed? If written procedures were violated by the employee and they clearly disregarded the rules, can Disney provide documentation that they have consistently disciplined employees for this in the past?
This past summer I was at the MK waiting to board Dumbo when one of the "elephants" needed to be taken out of service because of some malfunction. Though I was irrtated by the delay it caused, I was quite impressed watching the manager in charge systematically execute a well rehearsed and planned lock out tag out proceedure before beginning the work. Bringing the ride back into service impressed me as well, the whole thing took about 45 minutes. As I said I certainly know nothing about this case, I feel bad for the injured worker and hope for her full recovery.
OSHA fined my company when during an inspection they found that one of our workers tied back a safety latch on a machine, we argued that it was an isolated incident and we clearly don't allow employees to do this. We couldn't show any documentation that we had a system in place to inspect these latches and nothing to show that we have disciplined anyone before on it. OSHA can be a real pain in the butt for any company, but you have to cooperate with every investigation to insure the safety of your employees. If your following OSHA procedures you have nothing to worry about, however a lot of supervisors don't know what those regulations are, or are so focused on getting a machine up and running short cuts are taken, not implying that happened here, generally speaking, of course.

I think this would be a great conversation for us all to have...in a few days. Let's all let the facts come out, and for this poor cm's family to grieve (if reports of the passing are true), or not (if...uh...not).

 

[momofnine]

Wow, very sad, my thoughts and prayers go out to her, her family and anyone else who was working or witnessed this. Anyone have any update? The link from the op says that the story is no longer available. This just shows how fragile life is and how we should appreciate every day.

 

[JustPlainBill]

I think this would be a great conversation for us all to have...in a few days. Let's all let the facts come out, and for this poor cm's family to grieve (if reports of the passing are true), or not (if...uh...not).

Certainly, I agree...I wasn't meaning to debate whose at fault here, my intention was to try and answer a question you asked in your post here, at least it seemed like a question to me.