23-89-510. Accidents – Reporting injuries or death – Investigations.
  (a) Any mechanical, structural, or electrical defects directly affecting patron safety for which an amusement ride is closed to patron use for a period of time more than three (3) hours, must be reported in writing personally or by facsimile by the owner or operator to the Department of Labor within twenty-four (24) hours after the closing of the amusement ride.
  (b)(1) The operator of an amusement ride shall immediately cease to operate any ride involved in a fatality or serious physical injury. The owner or operator shall notify the department of such accident within four (4) hours of its occurrence by telephone or facsimile. The owner or operator shall file a written accident report personally or by facsimile with the department within twenty-four (24) hours of the accident. Within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt of such report, the department shall initiate an investigation of the occurrence and an inspection of the ride. The department shall perform the inspection in a manner that proceeds with all practicable speed and minimizes the disruption of the amusement facility at which the amusement ride is located.
  (2) Unless authorized in writing by the department, no amusement ride may be operated, moved, altered, repaired, or tampered with, except to protect life, limb, and property, following an accident involving a serious injury or death until the department has completed its inspection and investigation.

23-89-511. Amusement Ride Operators.
  (a) Any person directly operating any amusement ride or attraction:
  (1) Must be at least sixteen (16) years of age;
  (2) Must be trained in the proper use and operation of the device;
  (3) Must operate only one (1) rider at a time; and
  (4) May not operate any amusement ride or attraction while intoxicated.
  (b) For the purposes of this section, “intoxicated” means influenced or affected by the ingestion of alcohol, a controlled substance, any intoxicant, or any combination thereof, to such degree that the operator’s reactions, motor skills, and judgment are substantially altered and the operator, therefore, constitutes a clear and substantial danger of physical injury or death to ride patrons.

23-89-512. Prohibited bungee operations.
  The following bungee operations are prohibited:
  (1) A bungee operation conducted with balloons, blimps, helicopters, or other aircraft;
  (2) Sand bagging, which is the practice of holding onto any object, including another person, while bungee jumping, for the purpose of exerting more force on the bungee cord to stretch it further, and then releasing the object during the jump causing the jumper to rebound with more force than could be created by the jumper’s weight alone;
  (3) Tandem or multiple bungee jumping, except for rides that the manufacturer has designed for multiple patrons; and
  (4) Bungee jumping from any bridge, overpass, or any other structure not specifically designed as an amusement ride or attraction;

23-89-513. Posting ride safety rules required.
  All requirements for rider safety within the control of the rider must be prominently posted in a manner reasonably expected to provide notice to the rider. Such requirements or restrictions should include any height or weight restrictions, safety belt or bars or other safety restraint systems requirements, prohibitions against standing before cessation of the ride or attraction and prohibitions against horseplay.

23-89-514. Patron safety.
  (a) All patrons on any amusement ride or attraction subject to this subchapter shall, at a minimum:
  (1) Obey the posted safety rules and oral instructions issued by the amusement ride owner or manager or such owner’s employee or agent;
  (2) Refrain from acting in any manner that may cause or contribute to injuring the patron or others, including:
  (A) Interfering with the safe operation of the amusement ride;
  (B) Not engaging any safety devices provided;
  (C) Disconnecting or disabling a safety device except at the express instruction of the operator;
  (D) Altering or enhancing the intended speed, course or direction of the amusement ride;
  (E) Extending arms and legs beyond the carrier or seating area;
  (F) Throwing, dropping or expelling an object from or toward an amusement ride; and
  (G) Getting on or off an amusement ride or attraction except at the designated time and area unless directed to do otherwise by an operator due to an emergency.
  (b) Parents or guardians of patrons under the age of eighteen (18) years have a duty to ensure that the patron complies with the provisions of this section.
  (c) Any person eighteen (18) years of age, or older, who violates the provisions of this section may be charged with a Class A misdemeanor.

23-89-515. Nondestructive Testing.
  (a) An owner may not operate an amusement ride for which the manufacturer recommends nondestructive testing unless the owner complies with the manufacturer’s standards for the testing and the ride meets the manufacturer’s acceptance criteria.
  (b) If manufacturer’s nondestructive testing standards are unavailable for an amusement ride, and the department deems it necessary, the owner shall provide such standards through a registered professional engineer or engineering agency or any individual qualified by training and experience to compile standards based upon the ride’s specifications and history and using accepted engineering practices. The engineer or other qualified individual shall be approved by the director and the ride must meet the criteria so established.

23-89-516. Records.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Labor shall keep records and statistics by year of serious injuries and fatalities resulting from amusement ride accidents. Such records and statistics shall specify the year of the accident, type of injury, type of ride or attraction involved and cause of the accident.
  (b) Each owner or operator shall retain on the premises or with a portable amusement ride the following records:
  (1) Proof of insurance coverage as required by this subchapter;
  (2) The latest safety inspection report by the department and by the owner or operator’s insurer;
  (3) All maintenance and repair records for a period of one (1) year;
  (4) All accident records for a period of one (1) year on premises although such records shall be maintained and subject to being made available to the director for a period of three (3) years;
  (5) A record of employee/operator training for each employee authorized to operate, assemble, disassemble, transport, or conduct maintenance on an amusement ride or attraction; and
  (6) A copy of any affidavit of nondestructive testing required by this subchapter.

23-89-517. Disposition of funds.
  All money received under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Labor Special Fund.

23-89-518. Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board – Creation – Duties.
  (a)(1) There is created an Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board.
  (2) The board shall be appointed by the Governor. The Director of the Department of Labor or his or her designee shall be ex officio chair. The board shall consist of five (5) additional members:
  (A) One (1) member of the board shall be the Director of the Department of Parks and Tourism, or his or her designee;
  (B) One (1) member of the board shall represent owners or operators of amusement rides which are portable in nature;
  (C) One (1) member of the board shall represent owners or operators of permanently placed amusement rides;
  (D) One (1) member of the board shall represent fair managers in Arkansas; and
  (E) One (1) member of the board shall represent the general public.
  (3) The terms of office of the members, other than the Director of the Department of Labor and the Director of Parks and Tourism, shall be for four (4) years or until a successor is appointed.
  (4) No member of the board shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive full terms.
  (5) At the time of appointment or reappointment, the Governor shall adjust the length of terms to insure that the terms of board members are staggered so that, insofar as is possible, an equal number of members shall rotate each year.
  (b) The duties of the Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board shall be:
  (1) To assist the director with the formulation of rules and regulations regarding the safe operation of amusement rides; and
  (2) To give the department such counsel and advice as will aid it in the proper enforcement and administration of the provisions of this subchapter.
  (3) The members of the Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board, except the ex-officio chairman and the Director of the Department of Parks and Tourism, may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with §§ 25-16-901 through 25-16-908.

Details at the Arkansas Code Website