OSHA has cited Enterprize Management Inc. and Schlitterbahn Beach Resort Management LLC, both doing business as Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark and Resort in South Padre Island, Texas, for six safety violations regarding hazardous energy sources that fatally crushed a 20-year-old lifeguard and severely injured a maintenance supervisor.
The accident occurred when the lifeguard and maintenance supervisor entered a wave generation machine and it was inadvertently activated, causing the two workers to be pinned between the gate and the wall of the wave machine.