OSHA to Investigate Monorail Death at Florida’s Disney World

July 7, 2009

A federal agency has opened an investigation into the death of an operator of Walt Disney World’s monorail train in Florida.

The investigation launched Monday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration could take as long as six months to complete.

The agency will look into whether any workplace safety rules were broken that led to 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg’s death last Sunday when a monorail train crashed into another one.

The transit system, which shuttles thousands of visitors around the sprawling resort each day, is shut down while authorities investigate the incident.

A Disney spokesman did not immediately return a call for comment.

Topics Florida Workers' Compensation

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  • July 10, 2009 at 9:24 am
    caffiend says:
    They said it COULD TAKE up to 6 months. I sincerely doubt that it will take that long. And I doubt that the monorails in Disney World have the same black boxes that are instal... read more
  • July 8, 2009 at 9:55 am
    wudchuck says:
    i agree, how long did it take to resolve the issue of the DC Metro failure?! that was definately less than 30 days. we know that disney keeps its records clean or least i kn... read more
  • July 7, 2009 at 3:02 am
    Allan says:
    How can it take "up to six months" to conclude and investigation and determine the factors that led to this accident? That time lag is unacceptable by any standard. There were... read more

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