Course: Career Communication

Why are Inspection Records So Important?

It's been almost four months since the North Carolina State Fair goers were injured while on the Vortex ride. On October 24 2013, the Vortex ride re-started as people were getting off. A total of five people were injured.

The ride's operator, Timothy Tutterrow, and the ride's owner, Joshua Macaroni each face three counts of Assault With a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury.

When it first happened, news channels asked North Carolina for the ride's inspection records. They said they couldn't give them to us then, due to the on-going investigation. But the North Carolina Department of Labor sent the inspection records and emails relating to the incident.

Ride operators were required to check the ride three times a day. But some initials and times are missing on the day before and the day of the accident.

Read the Ride inspection record.pdf to see when the ride was last inspected and what was inspected.