Kansas Department of Labor has one inspection record on file for Schlitterbahn

[pstokely]

Source: KSHB

When arriving at the department, workers refused to let 41 Action News inside the building. After waiting behind a locked door for more than 45 minutes, Barbara Hersh, a spokeswoman for the department, came out.

She could not answer most questions but did agree to send us documentation of all inspection reports conducted at Schlitterbahn.

The only one on file is from 2012, before the Verrückt water slide was installed.

Schlitterbahn passed the inspection. However, the report shows the water park was not conducting a certain type of testing on its rides required by the state called non-destructive testing. Instead, Schlitterbahn was testing its rides by watching them.

Read more: http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/kansas-department-of-labor-has-one-inspection-record-on-file-for-schlitterbahn

[groundloop]

1. THIS is what you get from budget cuts and deregulation

I feel horrible for the boy's family, but hopefully the need for proper safety inspections will sink in to the state legislature and governor.

[LonePirate]

3. The boy's father is a Repub state senator so he's responsible for the cuts and deregulation.

[groundloop]

4. Yep, that's what I was getting at.

Damned sad that it takes the loss of his son to demonstrate why we need regulations, oversight, and properly funded inspectors.

[Javaman]

6. things are only bad when it happens to them.

everybody else can go screw off as far as they are concerned.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Yep

People scream about making government smaller- this is what you get. I am not saying the parents are anti-government, just pointing out a fact.

[madaboutharry]

2. Wasn't it Kansas

where a teenage girl lost her foot on an amusement park ride? I think it was. It was a few years ago.

[KT2000]

5. they will not be in business

much longer, which is a good thing. Velcro straps are absurd.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. File for bankruptcy

and open under another name. Without regulation, business always wins.

[KT2000]

10. maybe tRump

will show them how it's done.
I bet the KS legislature is going to be swamped with questions at least. They need to post signs that such rides are not regulated. There are other rides in that park that have probably not seen inspections for a long time.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. Their legislators

probably listen as well as Texas'

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. Kansas has a department of labor?

When so many companies are moving out, why bother?