Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries

NarrativeAt approximately 5:10 p.m. on February 21, 2013, Employee #1, a 58-year-old male cameraman (steadicam operator,) with NCIS Los Angeles/Paramount Pictures was standing near where a vehicle (minivan) struck a container. The vehicle collision caused the container to rapidly move with a clockwise rotation and come to rest few inches from where a second container and where Employee #1 was standing. The container caused a crushing injury to his torso, including ribs, liver, and lungs. Employee #1 was transported for treatment to Providence Holy Cross Hospital. The facility involved in the incident was a production company employing over 100 workers. Employee #1 had been working there for approximately four years, performing duties of a Cameraman/Steadicam Operator. At the time of the incident, Employee #1 was performing his regularly assigned task, using his steadicam to film a stunt. Employee #1 was filming the actual stunt at the time of the incident which was an intentional car crash on the set of NCIS-Los Angeles, where a van crashes into a cargo container and comes to a complete stop. The van was traveling approximately at 25-miles-per-hour and struck the first container that caused it to skid and pivot into a new trajectory toward the steadicam operator, who was standing adjacent to the second cargo container, and subsequently got pinned between two cargo containers.

NarrativeAt 12:30 a.m. on March 27, 2010, Employee #1 and other workers were participatin g in "martini night", which is held every other month to give employees an oppor tunity to get together and exchange ideas. The employer, Digital Domain Products , Inc., provided the meeting place from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. At approximately 11:30 p.m., a coworker with a background with the circus in free-climbing, deci ded to go out the window and climb down 6 ft to a 24 in. wide ledge. After appro ximately 10 minutes, Employee #1 decided to go out the window. According to the coworker, Employee #1 put himself in a dangerous position. Employee #1 fell 6 ft hitting the ledge and falling an additional 10 ft to the asphalt surface. Emplo yee #1 was taken to a hospital, where he later died.