Performing Arts Companies

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Performing Arts Companies industry saw employment growth of only 2.35%. There are an average of 12 workers at each of the 9,907 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Performing Arts Spectator Sports and Related Industries Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

OSHA investigators arrived in , on Wednesday, November 30th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Cirque Du Soleil America Inc.. A 41 year old Carpenter had been killed when the

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OSHA ID91002.015

Accident Date2016-11-29

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 6:43 p.m. on November 29, 2016, an employee was moving an aerial lift down a ramp to its storage location. The lift caught in the interface between the ramp and the level platform and fell over striking the employee in the head, resulting in fatal head trauma, lacerations and coma.

On Friday, July 8th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in DALLAS, TE at Dallas Symphony. A had been injured when the other fall to lower level, unspecified

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-07-08

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee was unloading instruments on the top shelf of the dock storage rack. As he was climbing down the rack, he fell to the ground level below, fracturing his skull, clavicle, and vertebrae.

On Tuesday, May 24th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in DAYTONA BEACH, FL after learning of an incident at Festival Productions, Inc. which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the other fall to lower level less than 6 feet

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-05-24

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeThe employee was on the second step from the floor of an A-frame ladder when she lost her balance while hanging decorations in the racetrack area. She was admitted to the hospital for surgery on her broken right ankle.