<div dir="auto">A pit net may not be required but the building owner has an obligation to maintain it safe and free of obvious hazards.  "Pit" falls are well known.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And while Jeff mentions performers, based on my experience the majority of these falls are not performers, but guests touring the building, receiving an award, or otherwise in an unfamiliar area. Just like factories or construction sites don't let guests wander around, neither should we allow people unfamiliar with a stage and it's hazard wander around; and there should be a routine of basic training of the hazards  for people who will be there. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 20, 2024, 6:23 PM Greg Bierly via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="line-break:after-white-space">As far as I know it is not required but after working around a few orchestra pits, I think it should be required if not highly recommended.  <div><br></div><div>Greg Bierly<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 20, 2024, at 9:07 AM, Jeffrey Kanyuck via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello All,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">     Hitting the orchestra pit net situation. We have a new theater designed for us with a movable orchestra pit.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The designers did not feel it was needed to have a net for while the pit was down. They said they have only done it for cruise ships when there is a real change of something going into the pit by accident.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">     We actually had someone fall into our other theater’s pit last spring and luckily it had a net.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">     Isn’t a pit net a standard for the industry? Or is it like hand rails where once the performer is “used” to the situation they can be removed or even less than that?<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">     I am concerned that with a new theater we aren’t hitting appropriate standards of safety with this if we don’t have a net.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jeff Kanyuck<span> </span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">____________________________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">For list information see <</span><a href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important">></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