How a 'Beast Games' crew member was nearly crushed on set: 'I don't want to die'
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A 24-year-old crew member had been on the set of MrBeast's "Beast Games" for only a few hours when disaster struck.
    • pipe01@programming.dev
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      1 month ago

      A person close to the production said that it was something he’d asked for and that he was repeatedly offered other forms of support. Sam said he didn’t remember asking for the gift cards and was underwhelmed.

      I don’t know what to make of this

  • FollyDolly@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Once upon a time I did stagehand work like this. If you have riggers or personal working over head, you need clear lines of communication open. Someone should have been calling the drop of set prieces, and the ground crew should have been responsible for catching the lowered sections and keeping other crew out of the way. Also, the ground cables should have been pulled first, to protect them from damage as the set comes out.

    Nothing about this sounds like it was done correctly! The lead carpender and scenic lead should have been all over this! You have heavy metal parts coming out of the air and no one was even calling it!!?? Probably didn’t even have radios. This was 100% preventable.