Monday, February 14, 2011
Theater Spider-Man Musical Hit With Parody Lawsuits, Real Labor Department Violations
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:49 AM
The Times reports that the Department of Labor violations carry no monetary penalty, but mean that the musical's crew must continue to implement new safety measures put in place following the accident last month in which Christopher Tierney was not properly fastened in his harness and fell into the basement, breaking four ribs and a shoulder blade, suffering three fractured vertebrae and a hairline skull fracture.
Officials from the DoL will continue to perform unannounced safety inspections on the show to make sure that the additional stagehands—two per harness—are fastening every rope and wire properly. If they observe future violations they may repeal special variances given to the show allowing actors to be swung over the audience, which would significantly reduce business for the law firm in SNL's spoof commercial.
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