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Lack of Safety Protocols Contributed to 2009 Monorail Accident

The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded its investigation into the July 2009 Monorail accident that killed a 21-year old cast member. The investigation found cited a pair of employee errors as the primary cause a nd also said Disney World's lack of standard operating procedures also contributed. We've also linked below to the complete accident report in PDF format.

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Posted: Mon 10/31/2011 7:24p • permalink • Discuss It
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Orlando Theme Parks Reports 12 Injuries Over the Summer

CFNews13.com writes a state report shows there were 12 guest injuries at Orlando's major theme parks over the 2011 summer including a broken leg at the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion loading platform.

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Posted: Mon 10/24/2011 6:39p • permalink • Discuss It
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Disney Cited for Safety Violations in Mechanic's Death at Animal Kingdom

The Orlando Sentinel writes Federal investigators have cited Walt Disney World for four safety violations and proposed $69,000 in fines following a probe into the death of a mechanic who was killed while working on Primeval Whirl at Animal Kingdom in March.

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Posted: Fri 9/16/2011 1:45p • permalink • Discuss It
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Woman Found Unconscious On Space Mountain Improves

ClickOrlando.com reports the condition of the woman found unconscious on Space Mountain on Saturday has improved. Officials also said the incident occured because of medical circumstances.

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Posted: Tue 5/24/2011 7:40p • permalink • Discuss It
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Space Mountain Reopened After Guest Fell Unconscious Saturday

The Orlando Sentinel writes a 48-year old woman fell unconscious on Saturday while riding Space Mountain and was taken to the hospital. The ride was reopened on Sunday.

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Posted: Mon 5/23/2011 3:31p • permalink • Discuss It
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Accident on Disneyland Paris' Big Thunder Mountain Injures Five

The Daily Mail reports on yesterday's accident on Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyland Paris in which give guests were injured - one seriously.

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Posted: Tue 4/26/2011 3:12p • permalink • Discuss It
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OrSen: 5 Injured in Magical Express Bus Crash

The Orlando Sentinel reports 5 people including the bus driver were taken to the hospital Monday morning when a Magical Express bus crashed with a semi-tractor trailer on the road between Orlando Airport and 417.

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Posted: Mon 2/14/2011 6:03a • permalink • Discuss It
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CFNews13: Family of boy killed in Disney bus crash files lawsuit

The family of a young boy killed when his bicycle collided with a Disney bus on the grounds of Ft. Wilderness have filed a lawsuit claiming Disney was negligent.

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Posted: Tue 10/12/2010 8:17p • permalink • Discuss It
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AP: Worker dies in apparent mishap at Disneyland Paris

The Associated Press is reporting a 53 yr old Disneyland Paris subcontractor was severely injured and later died following a before-dawn accident at "it's a small world" He may have been trapped under one of the boats after the ride was accidentally turned on while he was cleaning.

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Posted: Wed 10/6/2010 1:37p • permalink • Discuss It
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WESH: Disney fights release of documents in monorail death lawsuit

According to local NBC affiliate WESH Disney is claiming some of the documents the family of Austin Wuennenberg, the monorail driver killed in July 2009 collision, have requested contain trade secret information and are fighting their release.

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Posted: Tue 10/5/2010 6:10p • permalink • Discuss It
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OrSen: Disney-created situation ‘virtually certain’ to end in crash, mother of worker who died says

Christine Wuennenberg, mother of Austin Wuennenberg the monorail driver who died in the tragic 2009 crash accuses a Disney monorail operations manager of “flippantly” vacating his duty, creating a dangerous situation that “was virtually certain to result in injury or death.”

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Posted: Thu 9/2/2010 10:34a • permalink • Discuss It
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FloridaToday: Directing Disney monorails from restaurant lead to collision, lawyers say

Lawyers representing the family of deceased monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg say a Walt Disney World manager's decision to direct monorails from an off-site location led to the collision that killed Austin.

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Posted: Tue 8/10/2010 9:19a • permalink • Discuss It
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Electrician killed after accident at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

The Orlando Sentinel reports Steven  Snyder, a 50 year old electrician working for a Disney subsidiary, died after being shocked while working near an electrical transformer at ESPN Wide World of Sports on Friday.

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Posted: Mon 7/12/2010 3:29p • permalink • Discuss It
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OrSen: Florida Highway Patrol determines Boy’s flat tire caused fatal Disney bus crash

The Orlando Sentinel reports the Florida Highway Patrol has declared the flat tire of the 9 year old bicyclist was the cause of his fatal crash with a Disney bus in April.

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Posted: Mon 6/14/2010 6:02p • permalink • Discuss It
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WFTV: Woman Hurt When Disney Ferry, Boat Collide

WFTV is reporting a woman is hospitalized after the small boat her husband was driving collided with a Disney ferry on Thursday in the waterway adjacent to the Treehouse Villas.

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Posted: Tue 4/27/2010 6:04p • permalink • Discuss It
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OrSen: Disney goes to trial over safety of Tower of Terror

A Florida jury heard opening arguments in the case of Pennsylvania man claiming Tower of Terror led to his stroke. The case is unusually in that the lawyers are not claiming malfunction resulted in injury to their client but rather the ride is fundamentally unsafe and visitors are not appropriately warned of its dangers.

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Posted: Wed 4/14/2010 10:05p • permalink • Discuss It
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TampaTrib: Family, friends mourn boy killed by Disney bus

Family and friends gathered at Anona United Methodist Church to remember Chase Miller Brubaker, the 9-year-old Redington Beach boy who was struck and killed by a Walt Disney World bus on April 1.

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Posted: Wed 4/7/2010 7:38p • permalink • Discuss It
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MyFox: OSHA releases photos from Disney monorail investigation

Photo gallery from the July 2009 monorail accident that killed monorail driver Austin Wuennenberg.

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Posted: Tue 4/6/2010 7:14p • permalink • Discuss It
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CFNews13: Disney Bus Crashes Saturday Afternoon

Local news network 13 reports 80-year-old Disney bus driver Fredrick Cassens has been charged with careless driving following a Saturday morning collision.

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Posted: Tue 4/6/2010 3:38p • permalink • Discuss It
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OrSen: Disney fined in ‘08 worker death

According to the Orlando Sentinel the Disney Company has paid $9800 in OSHA fines relating to the November 2008 accident during work on an power substation near the Swan and Dolphin resorts. Electrical-power technician Douglas Howell was shocked by 12,400 volts and died three weeks later. 

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Posted: Tue 4/6/2010 9:27a • permalink • Discuss It
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