Worker falls in hole at Disneyland

[sir clinksalot]

A scary situation as a Cast Member falls in a hole backstage in New Orleans Square. There is no report of any injuries at this time. We will be keeping an eye on this and will update when any additional news is available.

Worker fell in hole at Disneyland Resort - Around Disney - OCRegister.com

Fire officials were called to the Disneyland Resort this morning after receiving reports of a worker who fell in a hole, authorities said. The call came in at 8:41 a.m., a dispatcher said.
Disneyland was closed at the time.

The worker fell in a hole in an employee-only area inside Disneyland near New Orleans Square, said Suzi Brown, a Disneyland Resort spokeswoman. She had yet to receive more details this morning.

* more at the link: OC Register

[Joshnyah]

Re: Worker falls in hole at Disneyland

Just like alice in wonderland.

[Dustysage]

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I hope he/she wasn't seriously injured. Any cast members know about this hole and whether it was properly marked and barricaded?

[no1here]

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I wonder if that's the reason its 10:45 and Haunted Mansion is still closed...

[sir clinksalot]

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I wonder if that's the reason its 10:45 and Haunted Mansion is still closed...

Since no specific location was specified in the story it's hard to be sure. But it's definitely interesting.

[pratt55]

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I hope the CM was not seriously injured.

[Gregmh48]

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It sounds like it was a subcontractor, not a cast member.

[The T]

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ouch.......

[Westsider]

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I wonder if that's the reason its 10:45 and Haunted Mansion is still closed...

Mansion was delayed opening this morning due to server issues that were causing animation and audio problems.

The construction area is behind Pirates where they are building a massive new kitchen facility for NOS. It's a project that has been under way for six months, and won't be done until April, 2010. The entire area is a hard hat/construction zone that meets or exceeds all Cal OSHA standards, and is filled with dozens of guys working for outside contractors and subcontractors. One of those guys wasn't paying attention and fell in a ditch and wrenched his back. End of story.

[Retrocool]

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When he fell in, did he holler out "Alla-waaaaa-ooo-hoo-hoo-eeeeeeeee!"?