AGAWAM, Mass. (AP) – Four weeks after an overweight man was flung to his death from a roller coaster at Six Flags New England, the ride will likely reopen this weekend with modified restraints to prevent people from boarding who are too heavy, park officials said Friday.

In a review of the May 1 accident that killed 230-pound Stanley Mordarsky, state officials said the restraints on the “Superman, Ride of Steel” at the amusement park weren’t good enough to keep the 55-year-old Bloomfield, Conn., man in his car.

The Department of Public Safety probe also blamed a ride operator for not checking the restraints, and faulted Mordarsky for not telling operators that he had cerebral palsy before he boarded the ride.

The new restraints will be placed on either side of a passenger’s legs, and a molded metal bar will be placed at shin height of the rider’s legs. Ron Sevart, the general manager for Six Flags New England, said the new system will make it impossible for a rider to escape from the car “due to the position of the legs within the restraint.”

All cars on the ride will also have a “size check” gauge that will require the lap restraint bar to be closed to a minimum closure point. If the bar can’t reach that point, the passenger won’t be allowed on the ride.

The ride will also have seat belts that are all the same size. Previously, the ride had seat belts of different lengths to accommodate larger riders.

“The modified restraint system specifically addresses each of the contributing factors cited in the DPS report as well as other improvements identified by Six Flags’ own review,” said Sevart.

Sevart said he doesn’t know how much the restraint modifications cost.

Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Gatzunis said he told Six Flags that the new restraints were approved Friday by the department’s engineers.

“DPS will continue to monitor this device through it’s ongoing annual inspectional process, as well as continued communication with park personnel,” Gatzunis said.

Six Flags customers said they were excited for the ride to reopen.

Kelly Oliver, a 35-year-old from Bangor, Maine, who works with the mentally ill, said she’s been on the Superman roller coaster countless times in the last few years.

“It’s the best ride here,” she said. “I was surprised to hear about the accident, because it always seemed so safe.”

Her friend, Mark Larson, agreed that Mordarsky’s death wouldn’t keep him from riding the coaster again.

“I’m definitely going back on,” the 34-year-old auto body painter said. “It’s a real smooth ride.”

The 20-year-old operator who was placed on paid leave after the accident has been reassigned to another job, and no longer oversees any rides, said Mary Ann Burns, a spokeswoman for the park. Two of the three ride attendants were also placed on paid leave. One of them has been reassigned to another job, and the two others quit, Burns said.

Park officials said they don’t know exactly when the ride – which was shut down after the incident – will reopen. But state officials are allowing them to run the ride as early as this weekend.

Two similar roller coasters at Six Flags parks in Largo, Md., and Buffalo, N.Y., will also receive the same modifications, Six Flags officials said.