Friday, July 26, 2013
Theatre Safety Blog: Violinist Dies After Fall Into Orchestra Lift Machinery Pit
theatresafetyblog.blogspot.com: A 40 year veteran of the Bolshoi Theatre died Wednesday at a Moscow hospital as a result of injuries sustained from a fall into the machinery pit of the Orchestra Lift. Violinist Viktor Sedov, 65, was found lying on the pit floor about 2:30PM Tuesday when a theatre employee making a routine fire safety round found Sedov lying unconscious on the pit's concrete floor. He was taken to the Sklifosovsky Hospital where he passed away the following day.
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Yet another tragic moment strikes the theatrical world. Provided the modern theatre safety codes may be good in the US, internationally they may not be the exact same. While this accident is tragic, as with the accident in "Ka", these can be used to build off of, and improve the safety regulations of theaters worldwide. It seems that as of recent times, more accidents have been occurring. This can lead one to assume that a new safety code must be implemented because something is wrong with the current one
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