Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division
Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways
Article 1 - Amusement Rides
8 AAC 78.120 - Attendants

(a) No person under the age of 18 may handle the operating controls of an amusement ride. This provision does not apply to an amusement ride designed to be operated or controlled by a passenger.

(b) An amusement ride attendant with a known physical impairment may not operate a ride if the impairment affects the attendant's ability to operate the ride, thereby endangering the attendant, a person riding, or a bystander. A person under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any controlled substance listed in AS 11.71.140-11.71.190 may not operate an amusement ride.

(c) An attendant shall be familiar with all operating controls, signal systems, and safety devices for the amusement ride, and with the proper use, function, capacity, and speed of the particular amusement ride being operated. An attendant shall be in the immediate vicinity of the operating control during operation and shall have complete control of the amusement ride at all times when it is being operated for public use. When the amusement ride is shut down, provisions must be made to prevent operation by an unauthorized person.

(d) Other than the attendant, no person may handle the controls of an amusement ride during operation. This provision does not apply to an amusement ride designed to be operated or controlled by a passenger.