West Plains, MO. – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a fine to Silver Dollar City of over $14,000 for the death of a maintenance employee in July 2022.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s website, the penalty is $14,502 for the incident.
In July, an OSHA spokesperson stated the maintenance man was hospitalized on July 20 with head injuries allegedly sustained during maintenance and testing of a rollercoaster and died of his blunt force head trauma injuries on July 21.
The man had worked at Silver Dollar City since 2017.
Silver Dollar City released a statement stating “the safety of all Silver Dollar City hosts and guests is a responsibility we take with the utmost seriousness. We have worked with OSHA over the past several months to review the employee accident that took place earlier this year, which included discussions regarding our voluntary revisions to safeguarding measures in restricted areas. OSHA has reviewed and accepted these changes, training for which has been implemented with the appropriate personnel.”
Link to the Violation Detail: https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.violation_detail?id=1609881.015&citation_id=01001
