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OAKWOOD PARK

Postby Bob » 18 Dec 2008, 19:10

Oakwood Park have been found Guilty of the death of Hayley Williams and find £250,000 by the HSE. The management still face a potential charge of Unlawfull killing

A judge at Swansea Crown Court said there had been a "failure on a massive scale" with the potential for serious injuries to a large number of people.

Passing sentence on Oakwood, Justice Lloyd-Jones said that the recorded footage of the ride made it clear that there was a systemic problem.

"I regret to say that the figures derived from the analysis of the CCTV footage make it clear that this was not a failing resulting from the momentary distraction of an employee,’’ he said.

He added that it was at least as significant that there was an absence of any system of monitoring staff on duty at the ride.

He went on to list a series of what he considered to be aggravating features in the case, in addition to the death of Hayley Williams.

He said a systemic problem was not a momentary oversight and so the required standards of safety had not been met.

There was also significant public risk resulting from it and the fact that the breach was not an isolated incident.

"The potential of really serious injury to very large numbers of people was very considerable,’’ he said.

CCTV footage found an average of 29.2% of more than 4,000 people who used the ride over a period were not safety checked

On the day Hayley died, 87.7% of all passengers were not checked to see that the T-bar was in place and the seatbelt properly fastened
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