Title 52, Amusements and Athletic Contests

The owner must comply with the following as to the landing area, recovery area, and jump space: (1) these areas must be free of spectators at all times; (2) these areas must be free of any equipment or staff when a jumper is being prepared on the jump point and until the bungee c…

The owner must provide a system for lowering the jumper to the landing pad which must be a mechanically powered system not capable of free fall and operated by the jump master. The owner must also provide a second person to monitor the lowering of all jumpers who must be capable …

(A) The bungee cord must be designed and tested to perform within prescribed limits of stretch and load as stated in this chapter. (B) The cord must be made from natural or synthetic rubber or blends thereof that may be of various dimensions. (C) The materials used in the constru…

No bungee jump shall be operated unless the owner provides and requires each jumper to use a jumper harness that meets the following requirements: (1) A jumper harness must be full-body, designed either as a full-body harness or a sit harness with shoulder straps and must be cert…

All ropes for holding or lowering the jumper must have a breaking load of at least four thousand nine hundred pounds and must be certified by a professional mechanical engineer as being in accordance with the requirements of one of the following: (1) Chapters A, B, C, and E Gener…

(A) Carabineers must be of the steel screw gate type with a breaking load of at least four thousand four hundred pounds and must be certified by a professional mechanical engineer as being in accordance with requirements of one of the following: (1) Chapters A, B, C, and E, Gener…

(A) Lifelines must be attached to all bungee personnel while on the working platform. Lifelines must have a minimum breaking load of at least four thousand nine hundred pounds. (B) Whenever exposed to a fall hazard, the jumper must be attached to a safety harness or bungee cord. …

(A) For purposes of this chapter, the term "bungee jumping" includes and refers to the sport, activity, or practice of jumping, stepping out, dropping, or otherwise being released into the air while attached or fastened to a cord made of rubber, latex, or other elastic-type mater…

(A) The owner must ensure that: (1) all bungee cords, carabineers, carabineer straps, safety foam, harnesses, lowering or braking systems, and safety gear are regularly inspected and tested as set out in the operations manual and in this chapter. The owner must maintain detailed …

The owner must provide storage to protect equipment from physical, chemical, and ultraviolet ray damage. The storage must be provided for current, replacement, and emergency equipment, organized for easy and orderly access, and secured against unauthorized entry.

The owner must maintain a fence designed and constructed to restrict people, animals, and objects from entering the tower area, the preparation area, the surface area of the jump space, and all areas specified by the local building code or the mechanical engineer who certifies th…

The owner must provide and maintain or ensure at each bungee site, at a minimum, the following: (1) there must be a public address system; (2) there must be a radio communication link or closed telephone circuit on permanent platform sites between the platform and the landing and…

A sign must be erected at each bungee jumping site reflecting the following: the medical, weight, and age restrictions for jumpers.

The owner must provide and maintain a telephone communication link to 911, or similar emergency service, within two hundred feet of the bungee operation.

The owner must provide for, maintain, and ensure the following: (1) at least one jump master must be designated "Safety, Health, and Loss Control Coordinator" and must be certified in CPR and standard first aid; (2) a comprehensive emergency plan must be developed, practiced, mai…

The owner must provide and maintain emergency procedures for each bungee facility that meet at least the following: (1) each facility must have an emergency plan contained in the operating manual; (2) a medium first aid kit must be held on site; (3) all jump masters must have fir…

(A) If an accident involving a bungee jump results in death or serious injury, the owner must immediately report the accident to the department and close the bungee jump operation until authorization to resume operations is received from the department. (B) All accidents relating…

The owner must maintain at least the following staff at each bungee jump: (A) Jump master. To be qualified as a jump master, a person must be at least eighteen years of age, and must have had a minimum of two hundred hours, and two hundred and fifty jumps, of incident-free experi…

(A) The practice of bungee jumping from a device other than a fixed platform is prohibited in this State. (B) The practice of bungee jumping using an ankle harness is prohibited in this State. (C) The practice of pre-stretching and releasing bungee cords for the purpose of catapu…

It is the owner's responsibility to ensure that staff take regular breaks to ensure that fatigue does not downgrade their ability to operate an incident-free operation. If continuous operation is planned, then backup staff must be available to allow adequate breaks to occur.

The owner must provide and maintain an operations manual at each bungee site in accordance with the ASTM-Committee F-24 standards and the following requirements: (1) For each bungee site, there must be an operations manual which describes the system of operation to be used and wh…

(A) The owner must provide and maintain a written checklist for the daily operating procedures which shall include at least the following: (1) setting up the site equipment and public amenities; (2) inspecting and testing of all equipment before beginning daily operations; (3) in…

The owner must provide and maintain written jump procedures which must include at least the following procedures: (1) exclusion of all unauthorized persons from the operating area; (2) registration of jumpers, to include: (a) name; (b) age; (c) weight; (3) jumper briefing; (4) re…

(A) The owner must provide and maintain a written check list for the close down procedures which shall include at least the following: (1) equipment cleaning and inspection including corrective actions, if necessary; (2) completion of written records as required under this chapte…

The following documents must be filed with the department by the owner: (1) site plan; (2) initial engineer's certification of site and structure; (3) initial engineer's certification of equipment; (4) copy of permit; (5) proof of insurance; (6) copy of operations manual; (7) fir…

(A) The department may revoke any permit issued pursuant to this chapter if it is determined that a bungee jumping facility is: (1) being operated without the insurance requirements set forth in this chapter; (2) being operated with a mechanical, electrical, structural, design, o…

(A) Any person who knowingly and wilfully operates a bungee jumping facility in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand dollars for each facility for each day the violation continues. (B) Any person who operates …

Whenever the department has sufficient evidence that any person is violating any provision of this chapter, it may, in addition to all other remedies, order such person to immediately desist and refrain from such conduct. The department may apply to an administrative law judge as…

(A) Upon violation of any provision of this chapter, the department, as defined in this chapter, may, in its discretion, impose fines and penalties on the owner or may suspend, revoke, or otherwise restrict the operation's permit. (B) No person may operate a bungee jump operation…

The following definitions are applicable for the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Air bag" means a device which cradles the body and which uses an air release breather system to dissipate the energy due to a fall, thereby allowing the person to land without an abrupt stop or bounce…

(A) It is unlawful for any person to own or operate a bungee jump facility in this State without first having obtained a permit from the department. (B) Any person desiring to own or operate a bungee jump facility in this State shall file with the department an application in wri…

Before the department may issue a permit to the owner or lessee of a bungee jumping facility, the owner or lessee of the facility shall furnish the department with proof that he has purchased insurance from an acceptable insurer in an amount of not less than one million dollars p…

(A) The owner must allow bungee jumps to be conducted only under the direct control of a jump master. (B) Adjustments for the weight of each jumper must be made by the jump master's selection of bungee cords and setting on the lowering equipment.

(A) The owner must secure the consent of a parent or guardian for any jumper who is under the age of sixteen. The parent or guardian must be over eighteen years old and must sign an authorization stating he or she is the jumper's parent or guardian and is consenting to the bungee…