Local One and Actors Equity Issue Statements on SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK

From the Broadwayworld.com article:

Actors’ Equity Association released a statement saying that they “worked today with the Department of Labor, OSHA and the production to determine that the cause of the accident at last night’s performance of Spiderman was, in fact, human error. Further protocols are now being implemented, including redundancies recommended by Equity, the DOL and OSHA, to address this situation as well as other elements of the production. Equity continues to vigilantly monitor the production for the safety of its members.”

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From the Broadwayworld.com article:

We’ve just received the following statement from James J. Claffey, Jr., President of Local One IATSE. “The leadership of Local One IATSE met today with OSHA, the New York State Department of Labor, Actors Equity Association, and Spider-Man management,” said James J. Claffey, Jr. President of Local One IATSE. “The union will continue to pursue the highest level of safety on this production. For Local One IATSE, safety is and has always been paramount for everyone on stage and backstage and for the audience in front of the curtain. The union will insist that safety checks and redundancies are added to ensure the safety of everyone involved in Spider-Man. The union also sends its best wishes to stuntman Christopher Tierney and its hopes for his rapid recovery.”

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