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[edit] Amusement Ride Safety Publications

UK Amusement Ride Safety Publictations from NAFLIC, HSE, ADIPS


/ Standard Description
1. Fairgrounds and amusement parks: guidance on safe practice HSG 175 (2nd Edition) The Fairgrounds and Amusement Parks Joint Advisory Committee (FJAC) has worked for over 25 years to continually improve standards and the exchange of information. Fairgrounds and amusement parks have been shown to be relatively safe compared to such activities as driving a car or riding a bicycle, but there have been a small number of serious accidents involving the general public and employees
2. Fairground and Amusement Park machinery and structures, Safety European Standard
3. NAFLIC Design Safety of Amusement Devices This guidance sets out what the joint advisory committee on fairgrounds and amusement parks considers are appropriate measures for those involved in design, and others in the industry, to work safely and comply with the law.
4. Entertainment Sheet No 8 This information sheet outlines the scheme, introduced by the industry with HSE support, for the inspection of amusement devices. It has been agreed by the Fairgrounds and Amusement Parks Joint Advisory Committee (JAC). You should read this information sheet in conjunction with HSG175 Fairgrounds and amusement parks: Guidance on safe practice.
5. Entertainment Sheet No5 This information sheet introduces the contents of the new guidance agreed with the fairgrounds and amusement parks industry through the Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on fairgrounds and amusement parks. This new guidance has been published by HSE and is entitled Fairgrounds and amusement parks: guidance on safe practice HSG175,. It revises and replaces the previous guidance Fairgrounds and amusement parks: a code of safe practice HSG81, the technical annex, the log book and the record of daily inspections of passenger devices.
6. Fairground and amusement park machinery and structures BS EN 13814:2004
7. Inflatable Play Equipment - Safety Requirements and Test Methods BS EN 14960:2006 Inflatable play equipment. Safety requirements and test methods
8. The European Standards for Playground Equipment EN 1176 and EN 1177
9. ADIPS: Requirements for the provision and use of schedules for non destructive testing GUIDANCE NOTE. GN 2:09.2006
10. Advise for Inspection Coming Soon!!



[edit] NAFLIC / ADIPS Amusement Ride Inspection Companies

ADIPS / NAFLIC Inspection Companies Description
Leisure Technical Consultants Limited (LTC) Leisure Technical Consultants Limited (LTC) provides a comprehensive service exclusively to the Leisure Industry throughout the world; embracing all aspects of Ride Procurement, Examination, Testing, NDE/NDT and Certification of all types of amusement devices and attractions within theme parks and fairgrounds.

LTC are a Type 'A' registered inspection body in the Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme (ADIPS) and conduct ourselves in accordance with BS EN 45004 1995 - This document contains the criteria and activity of an Appointed Inspection Body (A.I.B.)



[edit] Amusement Ride Safety Bulletins

Always contact the manufacturers / Association / AIB / HSE for additional information as there may be other bulletins or advise available.


[edit] Amusement Ride Manufacturers Bulletins

[edit] NAFLIC: Amusement Ride Technical Bulletins

[edit] CARES: Safety Ride Bulletins

[edit] NAARSO: Safety Ride Bulletins


[edit] Amusement Ride Manufacturers [1]

Manufacturers Description Image
ARM Arm Inc. (USA) was founded in 1996 in conjunction with A.R.M. (UK), who manufactured amusement rides in England for over 20 years. Located in Wintersville, Ohio ARM Inc. (USA) has continued to grow with several new additions to the factory and an ever expanding product line. -
Alan Keef Alan Keef Ltd. is family firm that has traded since 1968. Our business is and always has been railways of all types from 10¼" to 3' 6" rail gauge with the occasional standard gauge item thrown in for good measure. We do nothing else. -
Bertazzon The carousels and other rides are entirely made in the firm's own workshop by fully qualified personnel, thus ensuring maximum quality and safety. And, all rides manufactured by Bertazzon; from bumper cars to the largest Musik Express and Carousel, include hot-dip galvanization of steel frames to prolong the life of your investment. -
Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard brings its original ideas to the amusement industry backed by sophisticated engineering, a broad base of practical experience together with first-rate quality control and rapid, conscientious after-sales service. -
Bennets (jnr) - -
Bussink - -
Chance Rides Chance Rides Manufacturing, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of amusement rides and people movers. From our 300,000 square-foot facility in Wichita, KS, experienced CRM employees build rides for parks, carnivals, zoos and other entertainment venues worldwide. CRM is committed to the continuous improvement in quality, safety and service for our complete line of products, which includes modern steel coaster systems, custom-themed thrill rides, classic family rides and efficient people movers. -
D.P.V. Rides by Daniel Pinfari - -
Eli Bridge Our company’s 100-plus year history in the industry has given us a firm foundation to build upon and to meet the demands of the future. Our classic BIG ELI® Wheel, for example, stands the test of time, yet we are always improving and modernizing the design. Our Next Generation Mobile Scrambler® is one of the flashiest high-capacity rides available in the industry, and it is easy to erect and transport. -
Far Fabbri The story of the FABBRI Company is clearly linked to that of “Bergantino”, a village in the province of Rovigo (north-east Italy) commonly known as “The village of the ride”, as many of its inhabitants have dedicated their professional careers to the production of expertly handcrafted amusement rides since just after World War II. In September 1950 Romolo Fabbri launched his first creation into the market: the ‘AVIO’ (Aeroplane Ride) with vehicles rising up in the air – specifically designed for travelling showmen that soon realised great success. Driven by this enthusiastic outcome, a few years later, Mr. Fabbri added a new effect, that of a game, having passengers “shooting” at each other; the ‘AVIO’ had evolved into the TELECOMBAT, a real ‘combat’ in the air. -
Garmendale Engineering Limited GEL offer the most comprehensive service to the Leisure Industry. With fully coded welders we carry out critical repairs to all makes of rides and coasters. GEL carry out repair work for all the quality Theme Parks across the UK, including Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures, Flamingoland and many others. GEL have in house design capabilities and for major schemes use a number of outside approved design consultants. GEL are a fully ISO 9001 – 2000 Quality Approved company and are members of NAFLIC, British Standards Institute, ALES and BALPPA. -
Hags More than 50 years ago in the darkest part of the Småland highland in Sweden, three wise men had an idea. They realized there was a great need for both knowledge and products concerning children’s playgrounds and they were completely right. The company they started back in 1948, AB HAGS Mekaniska is today called HAGS Aneby AB and has become one of the most successful companies in its field: playground equipment and park furniture. -
Hopkins From our company headquarters in Florida, we have been building a solid international presence as a designer/manufacturer of quality amusement park attractions with over 30 years experience. We have established our global reputation for excellence by combining quality craftsmanship with leading edge technology, imaginative design and outstanding customer service. As the leading company in the world to focus exclusively on water attractions for theme parks, we have patented waterflow technology that is unequaled in the industry. Our engineers create water ride systems that incorporate a variety of water speeds, from a gentle flow to the full adrenaline rush of plunging falls and raging rapids. -
Huss Providing the excellence you expect, HUSS continues to strive in creating the most marketable, sensibly priced, safe and reliable attractions that are built to last. We invite you to get to know the HUSS line of attractions and to increase your profitability. -
KMG The company KMG, incorporated in 1991, specializes in constructing and operating fairground attractions. The specialization of our company is mainly focused on the manufacture of fun fair attractions that are easy to build up and to take down -
Lappset An expert in play, Lappset develops inspiring environments for play and games. Find out more about us, our story and our ideology. -
Larson International The first Super Loop was completed in the mid 1970's. Since the first delivery, Larson has provided quality amusement rides to many areas of the world -
Intamin - -
Interactive Rides, Inc. Incorporated in the year 2000, the employees of Interactive Rides Inc. bring with them a long history of experience in the amusement industry. Innovation, quality, and service are what we do best. Each member of the Interactive team is highly skilled and capable of multidisciplinary contributions to achieving our company goal "Earn a reputation as a supplier to the amusement industry of innovative, quality rides with service that is second to none." -
Maurer Sohne Maurer Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, founded in 1876 in Munich, is one of the leading companies in the steel-construction, mechanical engineering and plant engineering sector. Apart from its branch offices near Dortmund and Dresden in Germany, Maurer Söhne is represented by subsidiaries and agencies in more than 50 countries. As an employer of around 500 people, Maurer Söhne generated a turnover of approx. 90 million Euros in 2005. -
Mack Rides The company MACK Rides stands for innovation, perfection and tradition. -
Mondial Rides Mondial was founded in 1987 in the Netherlands as a manufacturer for the amusement industry. The impressive success story really accelerated after Mondial decided to its strategy and started with the design and construction of their own Mondial Giant Wheels, and later on also their famous in-house designed Flat and High Thrill Rides. All the Mondial products are always designed and built meeting the highest quality standards and according to the DIN and TUV specifications -
Moser Rides - -
Pinfari - -
Poma The company AGUDIO, now POMA ITALIA, was established in 1860 by the engineer Tommaso Agudio, a widely respected technician who decided to specialise in the design of cable-propelled lifting and transportation devices. In a very short time he achieved a reputation based on the ingenuity and boldness of several of his inventions. He is one of the fathers of cable transportation in the modern era. He built the first passenger transportation funiculars, then moved on to manufacturing passenger elevators, goods elevators, cable conveyors for goods transportation and finally cable cars. -
Premier Rides Premier Rides is the industry leader in innovation. We were the first to introduce the Linear Induction Motor (LIM) roller coaster. Our creative team continues to introduce breakthrough new products such as the Liquid CoasterTM which provides the thrills of a coaster with the chills of a water ride in one attraction. -
Reverchon - -
Rundles The company was founded over 90 years ago and is still a family owned and run business. Founded in 1913 by John Harness Rundle the son of the village's vicar, the initial trade was steam haulage. Over the next 30 years the business expanded having 10 steam traction engines and six sets of thrashing tackle. By now most repairs were carried out in house and the engineering side was well established. In 1947 the thrashing equipment was sold to concentrate on the manufacture and repair of agricultural machines. John H Rundle the son of the founder took an active interest in the company until his death in 1990. He was succeeded by his sons Jack, Ken and Alan and daughter Sheila. -
Sartori Rides Sartori company born in the late 50’s when Claudio Sartori interpreted a widespread need at the moment and taking real cars as a starting point, thought up and built the first children’s car for the amusement industry. Thus, with loads of new ideas and few economic resources, the founder of the company took an interest in this field. As the years went by, he continued to create new attractions drawing on the everyday world -
SBF Rides Italo Frison was the founder of S.B.F. srl. In 1952, in a small workshop he made the first bumper car using a hammer, steel plate and a lot of patience. He continued to build kiddie ride vehicles and eventually ride buildings. In 1959, he organized his efforts and founded S.B.F. srl and the modern story of the Company began… -
Schwarzkopf In 1954 the company did some alterations on amusement rides and turned into this business. After passing the examination for the master craftsmans diploma as a panel-beater Anton Schwarzkopf got married. In 1955 his son Wieland was born and he begun planning of his first self constructed attraction, the "Düsenspirale", for the german showman company Löffelhardt. It should be a travelling unit, but the ride's dimensions were so huge that it took time until 1957 to start operation for the first time. Franz Schwarzkopf, Anton's brother, assisted the showmen crew while he was on tour with them. -
S & S Sport S&S Worldwide, Inc., located in Logan, Utah, is the largest U.S. manufacturer of roller coasters and family thrill rides for amusement parks. S&S Worldwide, Inc. rides have made millions of people laugh, smile, sigh, scream, and want to do it all over again! The company's employees take pride in their work and offer S&S Worldwide, Inc. customers outstanding commitment, quality, and flexibility. S&S Worldwide, Inc. works closely with clients to create visually appealing rides that meet the specific objectives of the amusement park. -
Seven-lamb Severn Lamb was originally founded in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Shakespeare's birthplace, and Severn-Lamb is still under the control of the third generation of the original founding family who are passionately fond of all the company's creations. Customers can therefore deal directly with the principals who have amassed a vast wealth of experience and who can make decisions quickly. -
Sky Coaster - -
Spectrum Sports Spectrum Sports Int'l was the first in the amusement industry to introduce a Mobile climbing wall with the first Hydraulic/Air Auto-Belay safety system in 1996. Since then Spectrum Sports Int'l has been the leader and innovator for interactive attractions both for the mobile market and stationary market. -
Technical Park Mel Park and Technical Park were born in the north of Italy in 1980 taking their first steps in the field of manufacturing of small kiddie rides for the Italian market. Every year we managed to improve the quality selling reliable rides against a fair price and in these years a lot of experience has been built up. -
Tivoli Manufacturing Ltd - -
Vekoma Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is one of the largest roller coaster manufacturers in the world and a market leader in the amusement industry. Controlling and having the entire process in-house from (concept) design to engineering and manufacturing, of all types of coasters, such as family coasters, thrill and mega coasters and family attractions. -
White Water Whitewater West is a worldwide manufacturer and designer of water parks, specializing in water slides, AquaPlay interactive waterplay structures, wave pools and equipment. Whitewater leads the water park industry with several award winning waterslides, rides and technology. Expertise includes design, engineering and manufacturing. Markets include indoor and outdoor waterparks, hotels and resorts, amusement and theme parks and municipal aquatic facilities. -
Wicksteed Leisure - -
Zamperla - -
Zierer For many decades ZIERER is among the most famous names in the amusement business industry worldwide. We design, develop and manufacture a wide range of amusement rides for all ages. Up to now more than 600 rides left our factory, among others the very famous Wave Swinger, Roller Coasters, Fun Wheels, Flying Carpets, Thrill Rides, Kiddie Rides and many new inventions like the Star Shape, Kontiki Swing Boat and Family Freefall Tower. -


[edit] Amusement Ride Organisations [2]

[edit] ADIPS

ADIPS (Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme) is the fairground and amusement park industry’s self regulated safety inspection scheme which registers competent ride inspectors and the rides they inspect.

Qualified and competent groups or individuals can register with the scheme to be able to inspect amusement devices in various engineering disciplines, for pre use inspection and in-service annual inspection, on behalf of the members of the industry trade associations.

The purpose of the scheme is to promote and improve fairground and amusement park safety through rules and procedures relating to the annual inspection of the amusement devices. It is supported by industry associations who require that their members use ADIPS.

These industry associations make up the policy setting body for the procedures scheme which is the Amusement Device Safety Council (ADSC).

ADIPS is also available to any operator of amusement devices as it demonstrates “BEST PRACTICE” and their compliance with the Health and Safety at Work (etc) Act.

ADIPS has developed over the years since the early 1970’s. With the advent of the health & safety at Work etc. Act of 1974 came various moves to increase the standard of safety on fairgrounds and amusement parks. The home office developed and published the “Home office guide to safety at fairs (The “Blue Book”) in 1976. This included information relating to the inspection of amusement devices and also technical requirements relevant to companies specialising in ride design and specification. The “Code of safe practice at fairs” was introduced in 1984, providing further guidance to individuals and organisations.


[edit] BALPPA

Founded in 1936, British association of leisure parks, piers and attractions (BALPPA) is the non profit-making trade association which represents the interests of owners, managers, suppliers and developers in the UK's commercial leisure parks, piers, zoos and static attractions sector. It speaks for some 300 members, and ultimately for many millions of customers every year. The affairs of the Association are administered by the chief executive who reports to the chairman of the management committee. The current chief executive, Colin Dawson, has over 15 years experience in the attractions industry prior to joining BALPPA. He is a past chairman of BALPPA and was a member of the management committee for over 12 years


[edit] CARES

Council for amusement and recreational equipment safety (CARES)

The organization of government officials responsible for enforcement of amusement ride and recreational equipment regulations (US)

The CARES Mission Provide a forum for discussion of issues regarding amusement equipment safety, administration, regulation, and enforcement at all levels of government; Provide a mechanism to establish policy and coordinate Council activities regarding amusement equipment safety on national and international levels; Promote consensus on model laws, regulations, standards codes, enforcement, and administrative procedures among jurisdictions; and Foster cooperation among regulatory officials and amusement equipment industries to promote public safety.


The History CARES is voluntary organization of chief government officials who are responsible for the enforcement of amusement ride and recreational equipment regulations within their jurisdiction. Founded in 1996, CARES has grown to the current membership of 25 U.S. states, 1 U.S. county, and 2 Canadian provinces, and includes the informal participation of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as well.



[edit] IAAPA

The international association of amusement parks and attractions (IAAPA)


Founded in 1918, IAAPA is the largest international trade association for permanently situated amusement facilities worldwide. The organization represents more than 4,500 facility, supplier, and individual members from more than 90 countries. IAAPA strives to help members improve their efficiency, marketing, safety, and profitability while maintaining the highest possible professional standards in the industry.

"Our mission is to serve the membership by promoting safe operations, global development, professional growth, and commercial success of the amusement parks and attractions industry."


[edit] NAARSO

NAARSO is a non-profit organization that provides resources for amusement industry professionals dedicated to the safety of the industry and its patrons.


NAARSO provides education and resources to amusement industry safety professionals.

NAARSO administers a certification program for amusement device inspectors (US).

They are amusement ride inspectors representing jurisdictional agencies, insurance companies, private consultants, federal government agencies as well as safety professionals from amusement facilities and travelling shows.


[edit] NAFLIC

The national association for leisure industry certification (NAFLIC) Was initially developed through something of a natural requirement within the amusement park and travelling fairground industry. In the early 1970's various moves started to be made within government to improve safety standards on parks and fairs and in 1976 the home office guide to safety at fairs was published. This followed the transfer of responsibility for safety matters to the health and safety executive established under the 1974 health and safety at work act.

The home office guide to safety at fairs included elements relevant to the examination and inspection of rides, as well as various technical requirements, thus making it relevant to a number of companies specialising in the different aspects of ride design and technical specification. Some years after the introduction of this document, work began on the code of safe practice at fairs which was subsequently introduced in 1984 and which again included areas of particular relevance to consulting engineers and other specialist individuals and Organisations.

Subsequently the health and safety executive set up the joint advisory committee (JAC) for safety in the fairground and theme park industry. This was initially made up of relevant trade associations from within the industry but did not include representation for those involved in the technical side of the business i.e. the inspectors and manufacturers, so no input from this side was made.

There was clearly a need, therefore, for a forum to be set up through which this group could discuss and overcome its common problems and it was Mr. Bob Ward and Dr. Garry Fawcett whose early discussions eventually led to the formation of NAFLIC as it is known today, both having recognised the benefits this would have for people at this end of the industry, not least to represent them on panels such as the JAC.

Thus, in 1988, details were formalised and NAFLIC officially came into being.


[edit] SIRPS

The society of independent roundabout proprietors (SIRP) was founded in 1985 by a group of independent showmen.

The society's members are professional and semi-professional showmen owning and operating principally pre-WWII fairground equipment, including steam powered, wood framed and hand-turned fairground rides


[edit] Euro Attraction Show 2008 Munich (EAS)

Euro Attraction Show 2008 Munich (EAS)


Euro Attractions Show 2008 - Munich 30 September - 2 October, 2008