(WLIO) - Rides at the Ohio State Fair will now have to meet the safety check requirements that are set out by Tyler's Law.
The law is named after Tyler Jarrell, who died on a ride at the Ohio State Fair when it broke apart back in 2017. Ride owners are now required to complete a visual inspection and provide state inspectors with documentation of the ride's travel history and use before the ride is allowed to operate.
This is the first year that the law is being followed since no rides were operating at the Ohio State Fair in 2020 and 2021, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture is taking these new requirements very seriously.
"Our team is here every day on the ground to detect anything by the way of corrosion or other things that might lead to a ride to determine that it would not be safe," said Dorothy Pelanda, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Inspectors perform the checks before the rides operate and at the end of the day to not hinder fairgoer's experiences.
