The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Broadway’s Shubert Organization with four safety violations in the accidental falling death of a stagehand at the Winter Garden Theater last November.
The violations in the death of stagehand Peter Wright, 54, are categorized by Osha as “serious,” though not “willful” or “repeat.” Fines totaling $45,642 have been proposed.
Wright fell 50 feet to his death from a ladder on the fly floor above the stage on Nov. 12, 2020, while performing what was described as routine maintenance of the venue. At the time, the theater’s most recent occupant, the musical Beetlejuice, had already vacated the theater, and the new tenant – The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster – had not yet moved in. (The upcoming revival begins performances Dec. 20.)
As first reported today by The New York Times, Osha issued the four citations on May 11. According to U.S. Department of Labor website, the...
The violations in the death of stagehand Peter Wright, 54, are categorized by Osha as “serious,” though not “willful” or “repeat.” Fines totaling $45,642 have been proposed.
Wright fell 50 feet to his death from a ladder on the fly floor above the stage on Nov. 12, 2020, while performing what was described as routine maintenance of the venue. At the time, the theater’s most recent occupant, the musical Beetlejuice, had already vacated the theater, and the new tenant – The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster – had not yet moved in. (The upcoming revival begins performances Dec. 20.)
As first reported today by The New York Times, Osha issued the four citations on May 11. According to U.S. Department of Labor website, the...
- 6/2/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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