Investigation Finds No Safety Violations

The Occupational Well being and Security Administration has concluded an investigation into the accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy-starring movie The Pickup and decided that the manufacturing didn’t violate security rules.

The company initiated an investigation following a serious two-vehicle crash on the set of the Amazon MGM Studios movie in April that injured a number of crewmembers. On Wednesday, an OSHA spokesperson mentioned {that a} “thorough investigation” of Armored Movies LLC and an inspection that concluded Oct. 17 “didn’t end in violations of office security and well being rules.”

Amazon MGM Studios declined to remark.

The April 20 crash befell when an armored GMC C6 truck tried to carry out a precision immobilization method on a BMW X5 throughout a stunt sequence, the Georgia State Police acknowledged in April. However the truck’s brush guard received caught on the BMW’s wheel nicely, inflicting each automobiles to lose management and ultimately flip. 5 crewmembers had been driving at the back of the armored truck with belt restraints, whereas within the entrance a driver and passenger had been current, sporting restraints, and the BMW held one driver sporting a restraint.

When the crash occurred, two crewmembers within the truck had been thrown out of the again doorways of the automobile and obtained “life-threatening” accidents, whereas one other crewmember contained in the truck was additionally severely injured. 5 folks concerned had been taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and three had been taken to WellStar Cobb Medical Heart, in accordance with the police.

One GoFundMe arrange for a crewmember injured within the accident claimed {that a} dolly grip obtained “in depth bodily accidents” together with “damaged ribs, a number of fractures in his neck and again, a shattered scapula, punctured lung, and a cranium fracture which would require facial reconstructive surgical procedure.” One other GoFundMe for a separate crewmember mentioned the employee sustained “a number of fractures to his L1 vertebra, a damaged wrist that requires surgical procedure, and a major head laceration.”

In April, Amazon MGM Studios acknowledged that security precautions had been taken in the course of the shoot, which was a second-unit motion sequence that had been rehearsed. “Sadly, the sequence didn’t go as deliberate and several other members of the crew had been injured because of this,” a spokesperson mentioned.

Video of the accident circulated in crew circles after the incident and was later printed by The New York Occasions, exhibiting the severity of the crash.

The accident was one in every of a number of this 12 months that introduced renewed consideration to office security and lengthy hours on Hollywood units. In February, Surprise Man rigger J.C. “Spike” Osorio died after falling from a catwalk that had collapsed beneath him. Disney was fined $36,000 by Cal/OSHA after an investigation, whereas Radford Studio Heart, the place the accident occurred, was fined $45,000. In Might, 9-1-1 grip Rico Priem died whereas leaving an in a single day work shift and his second 14-hour workday in a row. Data from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Workplace launched in June confirmed that Priem died of a coronary heart assault and never in a automobile crash.

In an announcement, a spokesperson from the crew union IATSE mentioned it appreciated the investigation executed by OSHA’s Atlanta crew. “IATSE members are the very best within the business and work laborious to make sure their security and the protection of these round them,” the spokesperson mentioned. “This incident is a reminder that every one employees should earn a dwelling in a secure atmosphere.”