[SML] Teaching technical theater and OSHA

[Bill Conner]

Are you sure you are not confusing it with:

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2007/11/26/student-dies-in-accident-at-yale-rep/

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 6:19 PM Mike Katz via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Another Point on this thread,  OSHA  is looking at student shops as well,
> After the death of a student a few years ago in a Yale  machine shop, Osha
> started an investigation even though it was a student and not an employee.
> IIRC the said that the shop was also used by employees and therefore they
> had jurisdiction.
> Mike
> Michael Katz
> narishkup at gmail.com
> C: 857.383.0020
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 4:20 PM Stuart Wheaton via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> Replying to my own post...
>>
>> Perhaps you need to recharacterize the theate as a teaching laboratory
>> for the theatrical arts  Or similar.  In educational terms it is no
>> different from a sculpture studio or a chemistry laboratory.
>>
>> By concretely tying it to an educational mission to create employment -
>> ready graduates of a technical theatre program instead of as a wood and
>> metal working shop supporting the theatre product you might get the
>> facilities person to see the light.
>>
>> Stuart
>>
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