[SML] Another stage collapse

[Bill Conner]

Too bad there is not enough money in pit fillers to warrant a little
more interest in safety like there is in lighting and rigging.  This
is third pit filler collapse in nation news in a year - which probably
means there are a lot more than are reported nationally - and none I
can remember of stage rigging incidents (I do draw a line between the
mostly portable and temporary rock and roll concert stuff from
performing arts and permanent installations) and yet we have standards
and initiatives an a safety day for rigging.  Consider falls into pits
as well as the filler failures (say that fast three times in a row)
and it seems we need a new or different focus.

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Bill Conner FASTC