AB 850’s Author, Consumer Advocates Urge DOSH to Expand Amusement – Ride Accident Reporting Requirements

OAKLAND -- State Senator-Elect Tom Torlakson and several amusement-ride consumer advocates urged the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to rewrite a key portion of its proposed regulations covering theme parks to match the "intent" of the enabling legislation, Assembly Bill 850. The comments came at a Nov. 20 public hearing on the proposal. The DOSH hearing was unusual in that it featured a public statement by a legisla