Fines For Spidey Death

By Azad on 2001-08-23 18:20:19

(SCI FI Wire) State regulators have proposed fines of nearly $59,000 against Sony Pictures for safety violations on the Spider-Man movie set for a March 6 accident in which a welder was killed, Variety reported. California's division of Occupational Safety and Health cited nine violations against Columbia Pictures in its notification, the trade paper reported.

Variety said that Sony had no comment. State officials told the trade paper that the studio had not indicated if it will appeal the findings. Sony has until Sept. 6 to file an appeal.

Welder Tim Holcombe died after being struck in the head when a boom extension toppled onto an aerial basket in which he was riding at the former Rockwell International aerospace plant in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, where the movie was shooting. Most of the proposed penalty came from two violations: $25,000 for alleged use of a shop-made extension to a forklift, which caused the forklift's load capacity to be exceeded and the forklift to become unstable; and $25,000 for allegedly making the modification to the forklift without prior written approval from the manufacturer, Variety reported.

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