Sailing Ship Columbia
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prettypixie
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I didn't hear about that one either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Ship_Columbia
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During the reign of Emperor Pressler, Attractions was forced to staff with people who hadn't been fully trained. ; As a result of the inadequate training, the CM threw one of the docking cleats ashore while she was still moving (in an attempt to slow the vessel quicker apparently). ; The rope held, but the ship didn't.
It sticks out in my mind because it was the first time that I could think of where someone had suffered a fatal injury through NO fault of their own. ; It wasn't someone climbing out of the Skyway, standing up on the Matterhorn, trying to board Big Thunder while the train was moving, of cleaning the Skyway station beyond the safety line, or having a young kid ride Roger Rabbit when they are barely conscious to begin with....
It was also the first accident that began the path towards Cal-OSHA getting the ability to investigate every accident on property. ; No matter what.[nb]The Roger Rabbit accident was the last straw that led to that. ; And it occured after the Columbia.[/nb]
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During the reign of Emperor Pressler, Attractions was forced to staff with people who hadn't been fully trained. ; As a result of the inadequate training, the CM threw one of the docking cleats ashore while she was still moving (in an attempt to slow the vessel quicker apparently). ; The rope held, but the ship didn't.
It sticks out in my mind because it was the first time that I could think of where someone had suffered a fatal injury through NO fault of their own. ; It wasn't someone climbing out of the Skyway, standing up on the Matterhorn, trying to board Big Thunder while the train was moving, of cleaning the Skyway station beyond the safety line, or having a young kid ride Roger Rabbit when they are barely conscious to begin with....
It was also the first accident that began the path towards Cal-OSHA getting the ability to investigate every accident on property. ; No matter what.[nb]The Roger Rabbit accident was the last straw that led to that. ; And it occured after the Columbia.[/nb]