Motion Picture and Video Production

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 18,642 businesses operating in the Motion Picture and Video Production industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 227,549 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. On average over the last five years, the Motion Picture and Video Production industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (48% more) than the broader Motion Picture and Video Industries Industry

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

On Friday, October 12th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Culver City, CA after learning of an incident at Tristar Productions, Inc. which had occured on Thursday, October 11th 2018. A 61 year old had been killed when the employee fell from balcony, fractured skull and was killed

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OSHA ID110038.015

Accident Date2018-10-11

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:20 p.m. on October 11, 2018, an employee was working in an apartment as a sound mixer and went out to the balcony. The employee fell 12 feet to the ground and fractured his skull. The employee was killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in Burbank, CA on Thursday, December 28th 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at American Broadcasting Company Inc. . A 30 year old man working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the employee fell from ladder and fractured leg

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OSHA ID105534.015

Accident Date2017-11-29

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 3:45 a.m. on November 29, 2017, Employee #1 was standing on a ladder fixing the wall. The employee fell off of the ladder and fractured his leg.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, July 13th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Senoia, GA after learning of an incident at Stalwart Films, Llc which had occured on Wednesday, July 12th 2017. A 33 year old had been killed when the stuntman fell 24.5 feet and was killed

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OSHA ID97219.015

Accident Date2017-07-12

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 1:10 p.m. on July 12, 2017, an employee was a stunt performer, conducting a fall stunt. The fall was designed to occur from a 24.5 foot balcony with 42 inch guardrails. The employee was to flip over the guardrail and fall to a catch pad below. The employee misplaced his hand starting the fall, which put him off center, missing the landing pad as a result. The employee was killed by impact to concrete with head, shoulder and hip injuries.