New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 14A - CARNIVAL-AMUSEMENT RIDES
Subchapter 2 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 5:14A-2.11 - Inspections

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:14A-2.11

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.

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