Worker dies at Great America

[Iggy ACE]

A Wisconsin man plunged 50 feet to his death while dismantling a water ride at Six Flags Great America Tuesday morning.

Thomas Lee, 46, of Pleasant Prairie was working on the Splash Waterfalls ride , when he fell for unknown reasons and tumbled 50 feet, said Gurnee Fire Battalion Chief Bob Heraver.

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[Déjà Vu '07]

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[Danhockey04]

That's awful. Hope the family is alright, sad to see another person die at a theme park, especially during off season. Either way, its always sad to see someone die, but due to an accident is even worse.

[frightfestkid]

Wow, two workers in under two years.

[Carlo]

It was not a Six Flags Employee. It was one of the contractors from Campanella and Sons that has been hired to dismantle Splash water falls.

I feel sorry for the Family.

[BrianPlencner]

I agree. No matter who he works for, it's sad that he died on the job.

My prayers go out to the family.

--Brian

[rico28]

Little more detailed in this story-

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-great-america-deathmar12,0,3057527.story

[tp41190]

First the fines from OSHA...then the Cajun worker death...now this....not looking good for SFGAm

[DejaVu2001]

^ The important thing to remember though is that SFGAm is not responsible for this. They hired an outside company to handle Splash's removal. Campanella and Sons are the ones that are probably going to be investigated by OSHA. And by the way, the Cajun incident happened 3 years before the OSHA fines.

Having said that, its a shame that this happened

[tp41190]

^Oh yeah. I was thinking of the train accident that also happened this year.

But its still inside SFGAm. So if they GP read everything that has happened in the park, there fault or not, there going to draw there own conclusions.

[Bob O]

Thoughts and prayers to his family!!!!! If he was a employee of SF or not, its is a very sad incident.

[Galvan316]

^ Agreed

Thoughts and prayers to all involved

[traincrossing9]

That is soooo sad! And there have been more incidents at SFGAm than people say, many of them caused by heart problems. http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews ... accidents/ Either way it's sad that this happened.

[LAFFfan4lyfe]

awww, this is definitely sad. My heart goes out to the family.

[cycamps]

That really is too bad. They haven't had very good luck lately, especially with all those violations they received a little while back...

[Colonel Mustard]

That is soooo sad! And there have been more incidents at SFGAm than people say, many of them caused by heart problems. http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews ... accidents/ Either way it's sad that this happened.

While It seems like a bad time to bring that up, because many of us are using this topic to let Six Flags, and the Family know that our prayers are with them, including myself...all of those incidents have been well documented.

[Deja'vu]

R.I.P. so sad to hear that hopefully his fam is alright. So sad

[onyxhotel08]

Does anyone know if this will delay the deconstruction of the ride? SWF is close to American Eagle and Deja Vu I'm sure someone can get a picture.

My heart goes out to the family. We need to be very careful in life. I remember goin on SWF last time on June 17th and that thing is really tall. So unfortunate.

[rct2wizard360]

Ahhh it's a real shame that this happened on the job.

My prayers are with the family.

[traincrossing9]

While It seems like a bad time to bring that up, because many of us are using this topic to let Six Flags, and the Family know that our prayers are with them, including myself...all of those incidents have been well documented.

You're totally right, that was off topic. No one ever wants these kinds of accidents to happen. I pray that his family can make it through the rough times ahead.