Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER › Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER › Subject 120-3-28 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CARNIVAL RIDES › Rule 120-3-28-.17 - Design Criteria

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Structural material and construction of rides shall conform
				  to recognized engineering practices, procedures, standards, and specifications.
				  The design, materials, and construction features shall incorporate safety
				  factors acceptable to the Office. If a designer or manufacturer of equipment
				  wishes to use materials not now covered by these rules or by reference to
				  existing standards, full information concerning these materials or methods
				  shall be submitted to the Office. The design, detail, materials, and
				  construction features shall provide safety factors acceptable to the
				  Office.
(a) Manufacturers' analyses.
				Before a new carnival ride is put into operation for the public's use, or
				whenever any additions or alterations are made which change the structure,
				mechanism, classification, or capacity of any ride or device, the owner shall
				file with the Office a notice of his intention and shall furnish design data,
				safety factors, materials utilized, stress analysis is, and other pertinent
				data deemed necessary by the Office. This information shall also be furnished
				by the manager for existing rides if required by the Office. Such stress
				analysis and other data pertinent to the design, structure, factors of safety,
				or performance characteristics shall be in accordance with accepted engineering
				practices acceptable to the Office and written in English. Such data may be
				requested for, but not limited to, the following materials, parts, or
				components of rides; structural materials including bars; cables; chains;
				ropes; rods; tubing; pipes; girders; braces; fittings; fasteners; trusses;
				pressure vessels; piping; gears; clutches; speed reducers; welds; bearings
				couplings; carriers such as tubs, cars, chairs, gondolas, or seating and
				carrying apparatus of any description; axles, hangers, pivots, safety bars,
				belts, harnesses, chains, gates; or other restraining, containing, or retaining
				devices. Data shall be furnished at the request of the Office on forces
				generated by acceleration, or deceleration centrifugal action, inertia kinetic,
				or other forces either constant, reversible, or eccentric.
(b) Rating. Manufacturers shall identify the
				capacity of a carnival ride in terms of number of passengers and operating
				speed. This information shall be included on the identification and rating
				plates.
(c) Seating and Carrying
				Devices.
1. Tubs, cars, chairs, seats,
				gondolas, and other carriers used on rides shall be designed and constructed as
				strong as practicable. The interior and exterior parts with which passengers
				may come in contact with shall be smooth, rounded, free from sharp, rough or
				splintered edges or corners, and with no protruding screws or projections which
				might cause injury. Parts upon or against which passengers might be thrown by
				action of the ride shall be adequately padded to prevent or minimize the
				possibility of injury. The upholstery or decoration shall be
				permitted.
2. Propellers or other
				moving parts or decorations attached to tubs, cars, chairs, seats, gondolas,
				and other carriers shall be securely fastened to such equipment and keyed or
				otherwise secured so that they cannot come off during operation of the ride.
				Vanes, canopies, or other attachments which might become disengaged shall be
				secured with safety straps to prevent their flying away in case of breakage or
				dislocation.