The headlines have been dominated by attractions closures and reopenings, and the extensive safety practices to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. As attractions have reopened, three (3) reports were reported, recorded and recapped, plus two (2) arising from past events.

13 June The owner at Kokomo’s Family Fun Center in Michigan was occupying the operating ride while testing the “Serpent” roller coaster and reportedly derailed, with the injured person falling some 30 feet, sustaining fractures. The report described several exceptions including incompletely fastened wheel assembly, the coaster car rolling backwards, and unused seatbelt.

14 June A guest at Universal’s Volcano Bay in Florida was reportedly unconscious after sliding on a trap-door body slide. No further information is included in Florida quarterly reports to clarify if this was a medical reaction or other type of injury. This case was the only overnight hospitalization reported in the second quarter of 2020, due to the closure of many attractions.

27 June An “Octopus” (horizontally revolving flat ride) at the PowerPark in Finland was reportedly operated before all lap bars had been closed, to the distress of the nine-year-old rider. The lap bar was described as a positioning device and deterrent for rider self-extraction. This type of device is used when forces would not tend to eject a properly seated rider. However, riders may believe the device is required to contain them in motion.

Reports from prior periods

A patron alleged damages sustained in 2017 at the “Big Wedgie”, a large inflatable slide, at the Gold Coast in Australia, reporting that he collided with a barrier at the end of the slide.

Several reports in late May referenced a May 2019 rider ejection in which a boy reportedly fell 30 feet from the “Twister” at Lightwater Valley in England. Report | Report | Report