West Virginia Code § 21-10-9

Notice of serious physical injury or fatality; investigations; records
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An owner or operator of an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall notify the division
not later than twenty-four hours after any fatality or accident occurring as a result of the
operation of the amusement ride or amusement attraction that results in a serious physical
injury to any person requiring medical treatment or results in a loss of conseciousness to any
person. The notice may be oral or written. The division shall investigate each fatality or
accident and any safety-related complaint involving an amusement rider or amusement
attraction in this state about which the division receives notice. Every owner or operator of
an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall keep a record of each accident or fatality
and the record shall be kept with the certificate of inspection required by this article and
shall be readily accessible to the public for inspection at anyt reasonable time at the carnival,
fair or event where the amusement ride or amusement attraction is located.

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