Thursday 22 November 2012

Disneyland employee injured in Space Mountain accident - Southwest Riverside News Network

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Firefighters say a Disneyland worker was badly injured while he was cleaning the roof of the Space Mountain ride.

The Orange County Register reports ( http://bit.ly/10fa2xq) the 37-year-old man suffered a broken leg, a broken clavicle and may have broken ribs in the Wednesday morning accident.Anaheim Fire Marshal Jeff Lutz says his department responded to a call at 7:05 a.m. that a contract worker had slid along the sloped roof of Space Mountain after one of the ropes in his harness apparently came loose.

He apparently slid 20 feet before crashing into a barricade at the bottom of the 45 degree-angled roof.

Disneyland employee injured in Space Mountain accident - Southwest Riverside News Network

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