THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2016
Too quiet on the set; filming accidents often go untold
workplace safety agency, said
settlements are determined on
a case-by-case basis and are
intended to correct dangerous
situations. “We try to err on the
side of safety,” he said.
By ANTHONY
MCCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES — As
hundreds of names scrolled up
the screen after 2012’s “The
Avengers,” moviegoers who
remained glued to their seats
for a taste of the next treat in
Marvel’s superhero universe
didn’t know one name was
missing — that of John Sut-
tles, a truck driver who died
helping make the $1.5 billion
blockbuster.
Every year, workers on
both sides of the camera are
maimed, burned, break bones
and even die striving to deliver
entertainment that packs mul-
tiplexes and commands top
TV ratings. Injuries come not
just from obvious risks such
as stunts and explosives, but
from falls off ladders, toppled
equipment and machines with-
out safety guards.
Yet in an industry where
virtually everything is tallied
and every success is touted, set
accidents remain largely hid-
den and the consequences usu-
ally amount to mere thousands
of dollars in fines paid out of
multimillion-dollar budgets.
The Associated Press deter-
mined that since 1990, at least
43 people have died on sets in
the U.S. and more than 150
have been left with life-alter-
ing injuries, numbers derived
by combing through data from
workplace and aviation safety
investigations, court records
and news accounts. And those
figures don’t always tell the
entire story: The AP found
several instances in which
major accidents did not appear
in an Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
database of the most serious
accidents.
Brandon Lee
The most glaring omis-
sion is the 1993 shooting death
of actor Brandon Lee during
filming of the movie “The
Crow,” despite North Caro-
lina OSHA officials amassing
a 1,500-page investigative file.
An agency spokesman blamed
a clerical error.
Internationally, at least 37
people have died in filming
accidents since 2000, includ-
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tive spent several summers working the salmon fishing
season. Bridger made his living in the water, as a diver,
fisherman and occasional grip on movie productions.
While cleaning a water tank during production of “The
Lone Ranger,” Bridger suffered a heart attack and died,
leading a government agency to fine producers more than
$61,000 for several workplace safety violations.
Sarah Jones filming on location for the television series
“The Vampire Diaries.” Jones was killed during a shoot on
a train trestle in Georgia in February 2014, and her death
has prompted broad safety discussions within the film
and television industry and led her parents to advocate
for better safety practices during productions.
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American actor Brandon Lee. Since 1990, at least 43 people
have died on sets in the U.S. and more than 150 have been
left with life-altering injuries. The death of Lee during the
filming of “The Crow,” garnered worldwide attention and
prompted changes on how firearms are treated on sets.
ing a worker killed Aug. 26
in Budapest on the set of the
“Blade Runner” sequel.
Injuries to actors typically
make headlines, like Harrison
Ford’s broken leg on the sev-
enth “Star Wars” film in 2014.
But that’s not the case when
most off-screen workers are
hurt.
“I think it’s always been
something that’s been swept
under the rug,” said Stephen
Farber, a journalist who chron-
icled the aftermath of the
deadly 1982 “Twilight Zone”
helicopter crash that killed
actor Vic Morrow and two
children.
OSHA investigates most
workplace accidents, whether
they take place on a movie set,
a factory or a farm.
The death of Lee, superstar
Bruce Lee’s son, prompted
changes on how firearms are
treated on sets. Yet it also illus-
trates the paltry sums compa-
nies face after serious acci-
dents. OSHA fined “The
Crow” producers $84,000 —
the highest filming fine levied
since 1990 — but later reduced
the penalty to $55,000. “The
Crow” grossed more than $50
million.
The AP’s review found that
in nearly half the instances
where OSHA fined studios
after a serious accident, the
penalty was reduced.
John Suttles fell from the
back of a truck he was prepar-
ing to drive from a Los Ange-
Steve Irwin, “The Crocodile Hunter” holds a 9-foot female
alligator accompanied by his American wife Terri at his
“Australia Zoo” in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia. At
least 35 people have been killed and many more injured
since 2000 in accidents on productions outside the Unit-
ed States run by major studios, as well as regional com-
panies. In 2006, Steve Irwin was killed by stingray in the
waters off Australia while filming.
les studio to an “Avengers” set
in New Mexico. In his case, a
film company affiliated with
Marvel owner Walt Disney
paid a $745 fine for not having
proper hand-holds on the truck
and not supplying drivers with
first-aid kits.
The Vietnam War veteran
had just a few hours of sleep
before he was called back to
pick up the Marvel load and
had been working on “The
Avengers” for weeks, said
daughter Lanette Leon, even
ducking out early from his
65th birthday party to make a
delivery for the then-secretive
film.
Leon said her only interac-
tion with the companies after
her father’s death was going
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through the arduous process
of securing enough work-
ers’ compensation money to
cover her son’s schooling,
which Suttles had been paying
for. Workers’ compensation
is the “exclusive remedy” for
the vast majority of workers
injured on the job and the fam-
ilies of those killed and pre-
vents them from suing unless
their cases fall into a handful
of narrow exceptions.
“It was very disheartening
to see that in the end, that they
treated him like a number,”
Leon said.
Marvel and Disney did not
respond to questions about
Suttles’ accident.
Hassan Adan, a regional
manager for California’s
Some within the industry
say that, along with concerns
about workers’ well-being,
heftier cost-related factors are
a bigger safety incentive than
fines.
“Producers never want to
have any accident during the
filming of a motion picture. It
can be expensive,” said vet-
eran entertainment attorney
Richard Charnley. “They’re
valuable people. Sometimes
you’re paying hundreds of
thousands a day to film.”
A broad coalition —
including the major Holly-
wood studios and labor unions
— conducts monthly safety
meetings and has created its
own training program. Since
2003, the Safety Pass program
has trained more than 50,000
workers in many areas of pro-
duction, and it will begin an
ambitious program this year
to give refresher courses
to tens of thousands of set
workers.
Some accidents, like the
February 2014 death of assis-
tant camera operator Sarah
Jones on a Georgia train tres-
tle, become catalysts for
broader safety discussions.
Earlier this year, Jones’
parents brought a hush to a
crowded set in Los Ange-
les, where actresses Shir-
ley MacLaine and Amanda
Seyfried prepared to shoot a
scene for the upcoming film
“The Last Word.” Richard
Jones described his daughter’s
frantic last moments before
imploring the crew, “Please
look out for each other.”
MacLaine stepped forward,
telling the Joneses, “Thanks
for reminding all of us we’ve
got to protect each other.”
Moments like these are key
to their mission of improving
safety for workers in a collab-
orative way.
“She loved the indus-
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daughter. “We don’t want to
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council of the City of
Astoria has adopted Ordinance
No. 16-07 on November 21,
2016 approving the Astor-West
Urban Renewal Plan First
Amendment. The Amendment
has been adopted in
conformance with the applicable
legal requirements and shall be
conclusively presumed valid for
all purposes 90 days after the
adoption of the ordinance. No
direct or collateral attack on the
action may thereafter be
commenced.
THE CITY OF ASTORIA
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2016
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