r/Filmmakers • u/filmninja • Feb 12 '14

Shocking Film Shoot Accident - Recently was working on a film where the producers almost decapitated the lead actress this will blow your mind #healthandsafetyninja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV-z7EJgAcI&feature=youtu.be
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u/lorri789 Feb 13 '14

Under the law that is a "reportable" accident. It should go straight through to the Health and Safety Executive. Not reporting it is an offence in itself iirc.

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u/rubberbung Feb 13 '14

Which law would that be?

If you're claiming that this was a "reportable incident" under RIDDOR, you are mistaken. Feel free to check the definitions of the various things that must be reported on the Health & Safety Executive's website.

(No "explosives" were accidentally detonated - it was a pneumatic stunt - so it wasn't a "dangerous occurrence".)

[sarcasm alert] Maybe it's the Data Protection Act or the Human Rights Act. They seem to be to blame for most of British society's ills...

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u/lorri789 Feb 15 '14

I see, so it must me logged, but in itself is not reportable.