Source: Radio New Zealand
Mt Albert Aquatic Centre. Supplied / Community Leisure Management
WorkSafe says it intends to revisit an Auckland aquatic centre after two people were injured on a hydroslide.
It said it was first notified after a man was injured at the Mt Albert Aquatic Centre in late December.
Less than a week later, a 12-year-old boy was hurt.
WorkSafe said improvements had been made when its inspector visited the centre two days after the man was injured.
A spokesperson said an inspector would go back to the aquatic centre this month.
Auckland Council said the slide had been inspected twice within the last six months. Head of service partner delivery, Garth Dawson, said the council would continue to work with operator Community Leisure Management and the slide manufacturer to ensure it was safe.
Community Leisure Management’s director Kirsty Knowles said it was improving signs at the hydroslide.
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