[SML] Teaching technical theater and OSHA

[Bill Conner]

You're right. This one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/nyregion/yale-student-dies-in-machine-shop-accident.html

It would be interesting to know the result of OSHA investigation.

I guess if you want OSHA to look at something, someone had to die.

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 8:50 PM Bill Conner <billconnerastc at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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