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Action Park (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

According to the linked article, 6 people died at Action Park.

According to a personal injury law firm, 83 people have died at Disney parks. OSHA fined Disney in 5% of deaths, and further 14% were settled by Disney. Since settled means guilty but rich, we can safely assume Disney is responsible for at least 15 deaths.

Even a park run by drunk teenagers killed fewer people than Disney, so that's cool.

[–] silverchase 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

All Disney parks together see a lot more people than just the one Action Park, and Disneyland alone opened long before Action Park. It would be a lot more interesting to see the proportion of visitors who die, not just the magnitude.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I think it's more interesting that a company with the size and popularity of Disney can get away with killing at least 15 people, whereas action park got shut down and cleaned up after only 6.