West Virginia Code Amusement Rides and Amusement Attractions Safety Act
If you plan to rent any item from us or any other rental company in the State of West Virginia, or any company doing business in the State of West Virginia, you might want to take time to read the following parts of the WV Code that they must follow. This will help you should any issues arise at your event with injuries, illegal workers, no insurance, no permits, etc. As an event planner or organizer you should make yourself aware of these rules, and ask the vendor questions as to their compliance and ask for documentation to the effect.
§21-10-12a. Minimum age for operating amusement ride.
No individual under the age of sixteen may be the operator of a kiddie ride or if under the age of eighteen be an operator of any other amusement ride or attraction: Provided, That the individual is not otherwise prohibited from being an operator pursuant to other state or federal law.
H & H only uses workers over the age of 18. Several of our rides are considered kiddie rides therefore you must obey the rule of 16 on those, but again we stick with age 18 as our limit. All of our other rides are considered amusement rides or attractions and on those we strictly require staff 18 and over. If the company you are using or planning to use providing you with the correct age staff?
§21-10-6. Permits; application; annual inspection.
No operator or owner may knowingly permit the operation of an amusement ride or amusement attraction without a permit issued by the division. Each year and at least fifteen days before the first time the amusement ride or amusement attraction is made available in this state for public use, an operator or owner shall apply for a permit to the division on a form furnished by the division and containing any information the division may require.
§21-10-7. Issuance of permit; certificate of inspection; availability to public.
If, after inspection, an amusement ride or amusement attraction is found to comply with the rules of the division, the division shall issue a permit to operate. A copy of the certificate, showing the last date of inspection, shall be affixed to the amusement ride or amusement attraction upon issuance.
We have our rides inspected yearly. We pass all inspections on our equipment. All issues found during inspections are corrected prior to any item being used.
§21-10-12. Insurance; bond.
No person may operate an amusement ride or amusement attraction unless at the time there is in existence: (a) A policy of insurance approved by the division and obtained from an insurer authorized to do business in this state in an amount of not less than three hundred thousand dollars per person and one million dollars in the aggregate for each amusement ride or attraction location insuring the owner or operator against liability for injury suffered by persons riding the amusement ride or by persons in, on, under or near the amusement attraction.
We carry the required insurance that is required by the State of West Virginia.
§21-10-15. Operating or assembling an amusement ride while intoxicated; criminal penalty.
(a) A person may not operate or assemble an amusement ride or attraction while intoxicated.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or confined in the county or regional jail for not less than thirty days and not more than one year, or both.
(c) The clerk of the magistrate court or circuit court in which a person is convicted of a violation of this section shall notify the commissioner within ten days of the conviction.
H & H Staff members are never aloud to work while intoxicated. If a staff member is intoxicated it only puts you and your guests in harms way. That is something we never want to have an issue with.CLICK HERE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF RULES |