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Hollywood safety pledge marks anniversary of crew fatality

Open-access content Friday 1st April 2016
From the archive:  Just so you know, this article is more than 3 years old.

Initial signatories to the Safety for Sarah End Credits scheme include Warner Bros and the production company for The Vampire Diaries.

The scheme asks producers to sign a letter of intent committing themselves to a working environment that "supports the highest creative expression of the project while respecting the safety of every participant". The campaign was launched by the parents of Sarah Jones, a camera operator's assistant, killed by a train while filming in February 2014.

The crew of Midnight Rider, a film about the life of singer Greg Allman, was preparing a scene on a railway bridge in Wayne County, Georgia, when a freight train travelling at 96 kph crossed the bridge, striking and killing Jones.

Several other crew members were injured by parts of a bed laid across the track which blew apart when the train hit it.

Production company Unclaimed Freight Productions had permission from the landowner to film on the land but none from the railway operator CSX to go on to the bridge over the Altamaha River.

Joyce Gilliard, a hairstylist on the shoot whose arm was torn off in the accident, told the Hollywood Reporter newspaper the crew members working on the narrow bridge were warned they would have only one minute to clear the tracks if a train came.

Director Randall Miller pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass and received a 10-year prison sentence.

The accident is widely credited as refocusing US film producers' minds on their duty of care to workers on set.

Midnight Rider, which was due to star William Hurt, has not been released.

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The employee’s left arm was caught between two rollers in October 2013 as he tried to fix a laminating machine. He sustained multiple fractures to his arm, as well as muscle and nerve damage. The Health and Safety Executive’s investigation found the risk assessment for the laminating machine was unsuitable and the company had not taken adequate measures to prevent access to dangerous moving parts.
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 Car component maker to pay £27k after welder loses finger

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A Lander Automotive welder’s glove became caught in the drill bit of a machine he was working on and he suffered partial amputation to the third finger on his right hand. The Health and Safety Executive’s investigation into the 17 June 2015 accident found the company failed to provide adequate training, a safe system of work, a risk assessment or method statement. It said the worker was expected to work on a variety of jobs as required by production.
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 Risk & Compliance software provider collaborates with HSE and Costain to improve risk management on worksites

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 Spring budget and occupational health

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