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OAKLAND, California<\/span>, July 27, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ — Cal\/OSHA today released the following statement affirming that amusement ride owners have voluntarily shut down the six Fire Ball rides in California<\/span> parks, after a fatal ride malfunction on the Fire Ball in Columbus<\/span>, at the Ohio State Fair.<\/p>\n Cal\/OSHA’s Amusement Ride and Tramway Unit contacted owners Wednesday evening after receiving notification of the accident in Ohio<\/span>, asking that owners close the rides pending word from the manufacturers, KMG or Chance Morgan<\/span>, Inc.\/ Chance Rides<\/span>, Inc., or after a ride inspection by Cal\/OSHA. All of the rides have been voluntarily shut down by the owners.<\/p>\n Fire Ball rides are located at six parks across the state, including:<\/p>\n Cal\/OSHA protects and improves the safety of passengers riding on elevators, amusement rides, and tramways. Additional information on requirements for portable and permanent amusement rides in California<\/a>, including inspection and issuance of permits, is detailed online. <\/p>\n Members of the press may contact Erika Monterroza<\/span> or Peter Melton<\/span> at (510) 286-1161, and are encouraged to subscribe to get email alerts<\/a> on DIR’s press releases or other departmental updates. <\/p>\n The California Department of Industrial Relations<\/a>, established in 1927, protects and improves the health, safety, and economic well-being of over 18 million wage earners, and helps their employers comply with state labor laws. DIR is housed within the Labor & Workforce Development Agency<\/a>. For general inquiries, contact DIR’s Communications Call Center at 844-LABOR-DIR (844-522-6734) for help in locating the appropriate division or program<\/a> in our department.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CaliforniaDIR<\/a> \u00a0 <\/p>\n SOURCE California Department of Industrial Relations, Cal\/OSHA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OAKLAND, California<\/span>, July 27, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ — Cal\/OSHA today released the following statement affirming that amusement ride owners have voluntarily shut down the six Fire Ball rides in California<\/span> parks, after a fatal ride malfunction on the Fire Ball in Columbus<\/span>, at the Ohio State Fair.<\/p>\n Cal\/OSHA’s Amusement Ride and Tramway Unit contacted owners Wednesday evening after receiving notification of the accident…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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