[phaus]

>People Don’t realize, but industry workers get injured/die every year on movie sets (though it is better than it used to be).

Is this largely due to construction projects like sets and the use of heavy equipment, or is it more from stunts or something else I haven't considered?

Also, since you're an insider, when they build sets and props and stuff, do they still have to follow OSHA requirements and get safety inspections and stuff?

[sprafa]

Fatigue, carrying heavy equipment (film lights, rain equipment, set construction all involve you know, huge amounts of physical stuff being moved), equipment failure during a FX such as an explosion or a car crash.

Deaths and permanent injury were actually horrifyingly common from what I know of very early film industry. Unionisation, at least of stuntmen, has probably saved a couple of hundred lives, both literally and in avoiding permanent injury.

Simple exhaustion can do it. There was a famous case about a woman who got hit by some kind of railcar being used in production a few years ago. She died. There was a documentary made about it called “who needs sleep”. Conditions can be really really difficult sometimes, because a stars time Immensely valuable, while crew time is cheaper. So a star is ie 10k p hour While keeping crew around awake for 12/16 hours a day to shoot when they’re finished makeup / shooting another scene somewhere else is often more economical to keep the crew awake for too long. You have to finish “the day” since the star is payed per diem, afaik. I don’t work in Hollywood but film and commercials.

[germinalphrase]

Q1: all of the above. Moving vehicles and equipment. Stunts/practical effects/etc. High power lighting and electrical cords strung everywhere. Tripping hazards. Falling hazards. Oh, and as a rule, never get in the helicopter.

Q2: I don’t know. I imagine it depends on how much is being built and how controlled the environment would be.

Edit: I should also stress the impact of sleep deprivation on accidents and mistakes. Filmmaking hours are often pegged at 12+ as a standard day, and a well financed production won’t bat an eye at paying the penalties to push a crew.

[walshemj]

I was talking with some one in Prospect/BECTU (IATSE) and she mentioned her first job was on Coronation Street helping the older actors onto set and making sure they didn't trip over any thing.

I was/am on the same committe (SOC)

[acomjean]

I don't know about movies, but I worked on construction sites for 5 years. OSHA never showed up. Our understanding was they don't show up unless there is a fatality.

I've done the OSHA 40 hour training and even had a reportable OSHA incident (minor cut finger on a soil density gauge that got infected and required antibotics), I never heard from the agency.