Fortunately, passengers suffering less damaging injuries often walked off the RIB with a sore back, but if the pain persisted they would see their doctor a few days later, by then the link between the injury mechanism (the RIB ride) and the injury had been lost. Consequently, MAIB was only aware of those accidents where the emergency services were called to extract the injured party. This resulted in a skewed picture of the actual injury rate.
Nonetheless, there were still sufficient accidents being reported for the branch to heavily warn against the consequences of poor posture and inadequate seating.
Image courtesy of ST Research 58 | ISSUE 110 | DEC 2024 | THE REPORT