Section 8 AAC 78.290 - Accidents and injuries(a) The owner or operator of a tramway shall have at least $1,000,000 liability insurance. If the owner or operator of a tramway is a municipality, the municipality is not required to post a liability insurance binder if it can provide proof of self - insurance satisfactory to the department. Evidence of the insurance or proof of self - insurance must be mailed, faxed, sent by electronic mail, or hand delivered the department's mechanical inspection section at least 10 days before planned operation of the tramway, and must be available at the tramway site.(e) The owner or operator of a tramway shall immediately notify the department's mechanical inspection section, by telephone, of any occurrence involving a tramway, if the occurrence results in (1) the death of a person;(2) injury to a person that requires ambulance or emergency vehicle transport to a hospital or clinic, and the injury is the result of a mechanical or structural failure of the tramway; or(3) a mechanical or structural failure of the tramway that affects the safe operation of the tramway.(f) The owner or operator of a tramway shall, within 24 hours, notify the department's mechanical inspection section, by telephone, facsimile, or electronic mail, of an injury to a person involving an amusement ride, other than a death or injury that is reportable under (e)(1) or (2) of this section.(g) If an occurrence described in (e) of this section occurs after ordinary business hours of the department's mechanical inspection section, the owner or operator of a tramway shall immediately notify the local police or local office of the Department of Public Safety, division of state troopers, in addition to the notification required in (e) of this section. (h) The owner or operator of a tramway shall pre are a written report of an occurrence described in (e) of this section and mail, fax, send by electronic mail, or hand deliver the written report to the department's mechanical inspection section not later than 48 hours after the occurrence. The written report must include (1) the date of the occurrence;(2) the name, manufacturer, and serial number of the tramway involved;(3) the name, age, address, and telephone number of the injured or deceased person, if any;(4) a description of the injury, and medical treatment administered to the injured or deceased person, if any; and(5) a narrative description of the occurrence.(i) The owner or operator of a tramway involved in an occurrence described in (e)(1) or (2) of this section shall, after securing the scene to prevent additional injuries and to remove any injured or deceased persons, immediately remove the tramway from service. The department will conduct a prompt investigation of a tramway removed from service under this subsection. The tramway may not be repaired or operated until the department completes its investigation.Eff. 11/30/89, Register 112; em am 1/16/90 - 5/15/90, Register 113; am 6/15/2001, Register 158; am 5/9/2018,Register 226, July 2018The contact information for the mechanical inspection section is: Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection Section, 1251 Muldoon Road, Suite 113, Anchorage, Alaska 99504 [99510); phone: (907) 269-4925; fax: (907) 269-4932; e-mail address: Anchorage.LSS-MI@alaska.gov.
Authority:AS 05.20.030
AS 05.20.070