8 AAC 78.290 - Accidents and injuries
(a) The owner or operator of a tramway shall
have at least $1,000,000 liability insurance. If the owner or operator of a
tramway is a municipality, the municipality is not required to post a liability
insurance binder if it can provide proof of self - insurance satisfactory to
the department. Evidence of the insurance or proof of self - insurance must be
mailed, faxed, sent by electronic mail, or hand delivered the department's
mechanical inspection section at least 10 days before planned operation of the
tramway, and must be available at the tramway site.
(b) Repealed 6/15/2001.
(c) Repealed 6/15/2001.
(d) Repealed 5/9/2018.
(e) The owner or operator of a tramway shall
immediately notify the department's mechanical inspection section, by
telephone, of any occurrence involving a tramway, if the occurrence results in
(1) the death of a person;
(2) injury to a person that requires
ambulance or emergency vehicle transport to a hospital or clinic, and the
injury is the result of a mechanical or structural failure of the tramway;
or
(3) a mechanical or structural
failure of the tramway that affects the safe operation of the
tramway.
(f) The owner
or operator of a tramway shall, within 24 hours, notify the department's
mechanical inspection section, by telephone, facsimile, or electronic mail, of
an injury to a person involving an amusement ride, other than a death or injury
that is reportable under (e)(1) or (2) of this section.
(g) If an occurrence described in (e) of this
section occurs after ordinary business hours of the department's mechanical
inspection section, the owner or operator of a tramway shall immediately notify
the local police or local office of the Department of Public Safety, division
of state troopers, in addition to the notification required in (e) of this
section.
(h) The owner or operator
of a tramway shall pre are a written report of an occurrence described in (e)
of this section and mail, fax, send by electronic mail, or hand deliver the
written report to the department's mechanical inspection section not later than
48 hours after the occurrence. The written report must include
(1) the date of the occurrence;
(2) the name, manufacturer, and serial number
of the tramway involved;
(3) the
name, age, address, and telephone number of the injured or deceased person, if
any;
(4) a description of the
injury, and medical treatment administered to the injured or deceased person,
if any; and
(5) a narrative
description of the occurrence.
(i) The owner or operator of a tramway
involved in an occurrence described in (e)(1) or (2) of this section shall,
after securing the scene to prevent additional injuries and to remove any
injured or deceased persons, immediately remove the tramway from service. The
department will conduct a prompt investigation of a tramway removed from
service under this subsection. The tramway may not be repaired or operated
until the department completes its investigation.
Notes
The contact information for the mechanical inspection section is: Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection Section, 1251 Muldoon Road, Suite 113, Anchorage, Alaska 99504 [99510); phone: (907) 269-4925; fax: (907) 269-4932; e-mail address: Anchorage.LSS-MI@alaska.gov.
Authority:AS 05.20.030
AS 05.20.070
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