The producers of Deadpool 2 have been slapped with a $289,562 penalty for failing to provide a safe workplace for stuntwoman Joi Harris, who was killed in a motorcycle crash on the film’s Vancouver set in August 2017.
The fine was imposed on TCF Vancouver Productions LTD by WorkSafeBC, the Canadian equivalent of OSHA. Harris, who was performing her first movie stunt, was killed when she was ejected from the motorcycle and crashed through the plate-glass window of a nearby building.
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Production was halted immediately after the crash.
“The primary purpose of an administrative penalty is to motivate the employer receiving the penalty — and other employers — to comply with occupational health and safety requirements and to keep their workplaces safe,” the agency said today.
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An investigation by WorkSafeBC identified five violations of the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, including:
• Failure to ensure the health and safety of all workers by failing to identify the hazards and assess and control the risks of the work activity and failing to provide adequate supervision.
• Failure to ensure that the stunt performer complied with the Regulation by wearing safety headgear while operating the motorcycle.
• Failure to ensure the health and safety of the stunt performer by failing to provide adequate supervision with respect to this work activity.
• Failure to provide the stunt performer with a new worker orientation.
• Instructing the stunt performer not to wear safety headgear while operating the motorcycle.
Before joining the Deadpool 2 crew, Harris was the first African-American woman licensed to actively compete in American Motorcyclist Association races.
sputnik146 on May 8th, 2020 at 04:12 UTC »
2 small paragraphs and a BILLIONS ADS
jayman419 on May 7th, 2020 at 23:43 UTC »
I still don't even understand how the accident happened. There's a link embedded in that article which talks about it. She was to ride, slowly, out of a pair of doors and then down a ramp and stop. She overshot the ramp, went down a second ramp, crossed the street, hit the opposite curb, and flew off the bike through a plate glass window.
There's conflicting information in it, too. WorkSafeBC said it happened on the first take. A source on set said they'd done 5 previous takes and it was on the 6th that she crashed. Either way, how does a low speed stunt cause an experienced motorcycle rider to careen dozens of meters passed the stopping point and then fly off a bike, fully airborne, and through plate glass?
This is what a 10mph crash looks like.
meinbc on May 7th, 2020 at 23:36 UTC »
That’s actually a pretty small fine considering.