Consultant: several accidents involving ‘Sizzler’ ride

we contacted a national safety consultant today. abc-seven’s complete coverage continues with reporter darren hunt. rick/estela, over the years, that string of deaths or serious injuries prompted a couple of important safety requirements or recommendations from the company that makes the sizzler. “have we had repetitive issue with the sizzlers?” “well, yes we have but we als have to take into context the number of sizzlers there are, it’s a very popular amusement ride.” national amusement ride safety consultant ken martin told me there are more than 200 sizzlers operating in the u-s. “with this last incident in e paso, which just breaks my heart, there have been 12 that i recall since 1991, incidents that involved either death and/or serious injuries.” martin said back i 1999, the company that makes the sizzler, wisdom industries, made height requirements mandatory. “typically on spinning ride there’s a little more risk, they wanted to let people know that people who ride the ride by themselves, have to be at least 52 inches tall … the minimum passenger height has to be 36 inches.” in august of 2007 after a number of incidents