This is a tragic story from London. The financial impact of creating a safe working environment can last well beyond the closing night of a performance and for theatres that operate as non-profits, potentially devastating.
A workplace hazard analysis with the risks clearly communicated to all (employees and volunteers alike) is just one simple and inexpensive step that could have prevented this tragic accident. Signs and locks are particularly helpful in theatres, where architectural logic is sometimes thrown out the window in order to create a functional performance space. Our industry needs to embrace the idea of risk assessment and hazard analysis for each new set as though it were an entirely new workplace.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/stagehand-at-london-theatre-paralysed-after-falling-through-unmarked-unlocked-trapdoor-9784148.html
A workplace hazard analysis with the risks clearly communicated to all (employees and volunteers alike) is just one simple and inexpensive step that could have prevented this tragic accident. Signs and locks are particularly helpful in theatres, where architectural logic is sometimes thrown out the window in order to create a functional performance space. Our industry needs to embrace the idea of risk assessment and hazard analysis for each new set as though it were an entirely new workplace.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/stagehand-at-london-theatre-paralysed-after-falling-through-unmarked-unlocked-trapdoor-9784148.html
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