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Typhoon Power

2007 Reader Submission
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Alahärmä, Finland has an entertainment center called PowerPark, and a part of it is an amusement park PowerLand. Like in any amusement park, Powerland has several mechanical devices to thrill people safely.

One of these devices is Typhoon, which has a round cabin that rolls and is also swung on a pendolin.

An employee, 20-something female, was working Typhoon. It was her second summer employed by PowerLand, and like in every amusement park, safety lessons are given frequently to all employees. So she knew what she was to do when operating a dangerous machine.

Or, perhaps not. Maybe she took lessons of customer service more seriously. After turning Typhoon on, she noticed that a man on the ride had lost his shoe. She went under the ride to get the shoe, instead of waiting untill it was time to stop the machine.

The cabin of the ride hit her so that she flew on a side fence, and was killed.

(Sorry, couldn't get a working reference. Maybe some other Finn could, after reading this in the Slush Pile. After all the incident took place only recently, July 8th I believe.)(To find info on PowerLand, see: www.powerpark.fi)

Submitted on 07/15/2007

Submitted by: Johanna
Reference: 9th July 2007, Alahärmä, Finland

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Bruce said:
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She'd worked here for two summers, which implies she went through safety training at least twice. Despite that she broke the rules and tried to climb under a moving ride just to retrieve a shoe? That's a pretty blatant disregarding of your safety. Since you couldn't provide any references I'll have to vote PA on this one. If you do find any news references please submit them and we'll gladly vote on a DA. Thanks, Johanna!


Chip said:
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Yes, too bad there is no easy link. Thanks Johaanna


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