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Article: State Concerns: Water-Slide Rules: State inspection lacking: But after a recent collapse at a Big Splash ride, state officials may require it for water slides.
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- Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2007
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Byline: Clifton Adcock
Jun. 17--Unlike thrill rides at carnivals and amusement parks, the structural integrity of water slides -- which can reach heights up to six stories -- is not inspected by state officials.
But after part of a slide collapsed at a Tulsa water park on June 8, Oklahoma Department of Health officials say they are considering bringing water-slide inspection under state control, said Ted Evans, chief of consumer health services at the Health Department.
The Master Blaster "water roller coaster" at Big Splash water park had passed a yearly inspection by a private engineering firm just one week before it broke with an 11-year-old ...