Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme

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Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme
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ADIPS - how it developed

• Work to ensure increased levels of safety at
  fairs and amusement parks started following
  multiple fatalities resulting from structural
  failure of a wooden roller coaster at Battersea
  Pleasure Gardens in the early1970s.
• HSW etc. Act 1974.
• Home Office Guide to Safety at Fairs 1976.(The
  BLUE BOOK)
• Code of Safe Practice at Fairs 1984.
• HSG81 Code of Safe Practice at Fairs 1992.
• Consumer Protection Act 1989
• HSG 175 Fairgrounds and Amusement Parks
  Guidance on Safe Practice 1997
• Fairground Joint Advisory Committee (FJAC).
• NAFLIC began the process of registering
  Inspection Bodies.
• 1st Edition Safety of Amusement Devices Design
  published
• 2007 2nd Edition of HSG 175 published
• 2nd Edition Safety of Amusement Devices Design
  launched
• 2008 Safety of Amusement Devices In Service
  Annual Inspection 2008 launched at LIW

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FJAC

• Fairgrounds Joint Advisory Committee (FJAC)
• HSE Liaison Group with representation from
• NAFLIC (National Association for Leisure Industry
  Certification
• SGGB (Showmen's Guild of Great Britain)
• ACES (Association of Catering Equipment
  Suppliers)
• BALPPA (British Association of Leisure Parks
  Piers and Attractions)
• BACTA (British Amusement Catering Trades
  Association)
• AIS (Association of Independent Showmen)
• SIRPS (Society of Independent Roundabout
  proprietors)
• ALES (Amusement and Leisure Equipment Suppliers)
• Consumers Local Authorities

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The First Big Changes

• Several accidents and fatalities in 2000.
• Roberts HSC Review of Safety (2001) concluded
  that
• Statistically the accident rate is low.
• Inspectors should be registered.
• The NAFLIC suggestion of Monitoring of DOCs would
  be worth pursuing.
• ADIPS working group set up to develop the scheme.
• Two representatives from each of the FJAC
  association members.
• NAFLIC set up ADIPS DOC Bureau in 2002.

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The Industry Response

• Creation of the Amusement Device Safety Council
  (ADSC)
• Industry trade associations and HSE
• Policy setting body for
• The operation of the scheme
• Industry safety related matters
• Link back to FJAC to provide a policy steer
• To set up ADIPS Ltd. as a Not for Profit
  company.
• Assume responsibility for the ADIPS DOC Office.
• To obtain BSI accreditation for the scheme
  procedures

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ADIPS Ltd

• Set up in June 2003.
• Took over the administration from NAFLIC.
• Manages and administers the Scheme.
• BSI ISO 90012000 accreditation achieved in
  February 2005.

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ADIPS ensures that

• All Inspection Bodies are registered
• Every ride and amusement device has a current
  Declaration of Operational Compliance (DOC)
• DOCs will only be issued and include reports by
  inspectors registered with the scheme.
• All DOCs are monitored and checked
• There is a complete database of rides and
  inspections

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So, what does the Scheme really do?

• Inspection body (IB) registration
• IB accepts scheme conditions and rules.
• Qualifications and experience submitted
• Checked against the requirements of the scheme
• Approved and entered into Register
• Annual re-registration of IBs
• Notify changes to qualification and experience
• Re-affirm acceptance of conditions and rules
• Identification of individual inspectors
• Individual Inspectors issued with ID badge
• The badge also lists the registered inspection
  disciplines

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The DOC Sticker System Step 1

• Ride examined by an IB or possibly several IBs.
• The Controller is issued with
• Provisional plate. This contains the DOC Serial
  No.
• DOC.
• Report(s) of In-service Annual Inspection
  possibly including electrical, NDT etc.
• A copy of the DOC is to be sent to the ADIPS
  office within 28 days.

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The DOC Sticker System Step 2
Declaration of Operational Compliance (DOC)
(Copies to be kept for at least 10 years)

• Kept with operations manual
• Summary of in date safety reports
• The issuing Appointed Inspection Body sends a
  copy of the DOC to the office within 28 days
• DOC levy of 20 plus vat collected by the AIB
  and paid to ADIPS on invoice
• All that is needed to prove ride inspections are
  currently in date
• Queries can be checked with ADIPS against
  information held on the database

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The DOC Sticker System - Step 3

• The DOC is checked at the Office to ensure that
  all aspects are correctly completed.
• Details are entered into the database.
• The permanent sticker and Certificate of
  Registration are sent directly to the operator.
  The sticker is for public display on the device
  and the certificate for inclusion in the
  Operations Manual.

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What are the benefits of Compliance?

• This is a self regulatory scheme
• It is not, in itself, a legal requirement but
  is regarded as a practical way of ensuring
  compliance with the H S _at_ W etc. Act
• All the Industry Associations have agreed that
  all their members will use it.
• It represents best practice in the UK
• Recognised by HSE and HMG and the judiciary
• It provides an alternative to licensing and
  legislation
• European Commission Health Consumer Protection
  Directorate-General Report B5-1000/03/000349 -
  March 2005 - found the Scheme to be the only self
  regulating system across 15 EU Countries and also
  probably the best scheme in use in those
  countries

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ADIPS Ltd.Suite JBusiness Innovation
CentreEnterprise Park EastSunderlandSR5
2TATel 0191 5166381FAX 0191
5166382office_at_adips.co.ukwww.adips.co.uk

• Rachael Rayne
• - Administration Manager
• Neil McCullough
• - Technical Manager
• Ian Russell
• - Accounts Manager

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Health Safety Accident Statistics 2001/02 to
2007/08Demonstrating the reduction in notifiable
injuries since the introduction of the Scheme.
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Health Safety Executive Letter