Giant video monitor collapses on Russian ice rink, injuring worker

Hazard Type

Mechanical

Hazard Origin

Gravity and Stability

Hazard Consequences

Crushing

Phases

Assembly

Injury

1 – Reversible Injury

Working Role

Rigger

Date: 23 Jul 2022
Country: RUS
City: Yaroslavl
Place: Ulitsa Gagarina, 15, Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, 150023
Venue/Location: Arena-2000
Show/Event: hockey games
Industry: live-event

A structural mishap led to the collapse of a video monitor, injuring a worker. A crew was working to assemble to structure when something went wrong, causing it to become “uncontrollably transformed and twisted”.

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