Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2024 Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety
Mission Statement To safeguard the public through regulation of amusement rides and trampoline parks.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Ensure safety standards are met for all public amusement rides and amusement attractions operation in Illinois
    1. Performs annual inspections of all public amusement rides and attractions
    2. Ends operation of unsafe rides and attractions
    3. Investigates injuries and fatalities on amusement rides and attractions and categorizes incidents as "mechanical", "non-mechanical", or "undetermined"
  2. Enforce restrictions on employment as amusement ride operators of sex offenders and certain persons with a criminal history
    1. Enforces compliance with criminal history and sex offender registry checks on carnival workers
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Amusement Ride and Patron Safety Fund Statutory Authority 430 ILCS 85/2
Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2024 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2023 Actual Fiscal Year 2022 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 1,061.3 $ 1,076.5 $ 1,032.7 $ 834.9 $ 683.5
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 1,061.3 $ 1,076.5 $ 1,032.7 $ 834.9 $ 683.5
Average monthly full-time equivalents 9.0 8.0 9.0 7.0 6.0
Collection of fees to support the program (in thousands) $ 458.8 $ 321.0 $ 295.0 $ 285.3 $ 242.3
Output Indicators
Number of amusement ride inspections 3,956 3,768 3,000 2,849 3,006
Outcome Indicators
Total number of accidents on rides 31.0 35.0 22.0 28.0 17.0
Number of non-mechanical amusement safety incidents 30.0 28.0 18.0 19.0 17.0
Number of mechanical amusement safety incidents 1.0 3.0 1.0 9.0 0.0
Number of undetermined amusement safety incidents 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.0 0.0
Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
Number of inspections per inspector 659.0 656.0 N/A N/A 501.0
Explanatory Information

Trampoline Parks were added to the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Program effective January 2022. The number of non-mechanical incidents continues to increase as these businesses become aware that they are required to report these incidents to the Illinois Department of Labor.

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