Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) For all inspections, the owner, operator
or manufacturer shall ensure that the ride is ready.
1. Where required, personnel shall be
available to operate the ride at the scheduled inspection time.
2. Where required, power shall be provided to
operate the ride.
3. If the ride is
not ready at the time of the scheduled inspection, it shall be deemed to have
failed the inspection. Another inspection shall be required to be
scheduled.
(b) Following
any pre-season or pre-operational inspection, the inspector shall provide a
deficiencies list to the owner.
1. When the
ride is presented as ready for opening to the public, any non-conformances from
the deficiencies list that have not been corrected shall become violations and
shall be included in an "Order to Cease Violations."
(c) Annual inspection: Except as provided for
in N.J.A.C.
5:14A-2.10(a)1, an
annual inspection shall be performed before a ride operates each year. The
annual inspection shall include, but not be limited to:
1. A review of the maintenance records,
including periodic check lists;
2.
A review of operator training records;
3. A review of required non-destructive
testing records if these records were not submitted with the
application;
4. A complete
mechanical inspection, which may require the ride to be partially
disassembled;
5. An operating
inspection, during which all safety systems shall be checked and the ride shall
be cycled as it is during normal operation; and
6. A test and inspection of the full
emergency brake or anti-rollback system, as applicable.
(d) Reassembly inspection: The Department may
perform a reassembly inspection at any new set-up. The reassembly inspection
shall include, but not be limited to:
1. A
review of the maintenance records including periodic check lists;
2. A review of operator training
records;
3. A complete mechanical
inspection, or at the discretion of the inspector, a partial inspection
addressing only those portions disassembled; and
4. An operating inspection, during which all
safety systems shall be checked and the ride shall be cycled as during normal
operation.
(e)
Acceptance inspection: For other than inflatable rides, an acceptance
inspection shall be performed before a new ride, or a ride having undergone a
major modification, may operate. The acceptance inspection shall verify
conformance with the approved design and shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:
1. A review of the maintenance
records, including periodic check lists, if applicable;
2. A review of operator training records,
including certification of training in accordance with the manufacturer's
procedures or manuals;
3. A review
of non-destructive testing records, when required;
4. For fixed rides, an erection and assembly
certification. This certification shall be retained in the ride file at the
Department;
5. Those parts of the
assembly process that are required to be witnessed of which the owner was
notified during the permit process;
6. A complete mechanical inspection, which
may require the ride to be partially disassembled;
7. A check of redundant safety
systems;
8. An operating
inspection, during which all safety systems shall be checked and the ride shall
be cycled as during normal operation; and
9. Any ride designed with g's in excess of 75
percent of the limits, as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:14A-7, shall be tested in
accordance with ASTM F 2137. Any ride that has peaks greater than 75 percent of
any value in the pulse width of less than 60 seconds, in figures 5 through 9 of
ASTM F 2291, no matter how long its total run time, requires a
Department-witnessed accelerometer test. For a portable amusement ride, this
test may be performed at the factory by a third party testing agency.
(f) Operational inspection: An
operational inspection shall be performed several times each year. The
operational inspection shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Observation of the ride operating when the
operator has not been informed of the inspector's presence;
2. A review of operator training records;
and
3. Information provided to the
owner both verbally and in writing of the results of the inspection.
(g) Notwithstanding any appeal
procedures of these rules, for any ride for which a permit has been suspended,
the Department shall re-inspect a ride within 48 hours of receiving written
notice from the owner of the ride that the condition or violation for which the
permit was suspended has been corrected.
