Just saw this at prosoundweb:
Downsview Park Stage Collapses Ahead Of Radiohead Concert In Toronto (PHOTOS)
Downsview Park Stage Collapses Ahead Of Radiohead Concert In Toronto (PHOTOS)
It seems like this has been happening rather frequently, what is wrong with people? Why should money and time ever matter more than human life?
As for the question, the answer to that is complicated and convoluted, but the long and the short of it is, money is almost always more important than human life, especially to people in the business of making loads of it. This is not an endorsement of that reality, but recognition of the facts.
This is absolute B.S. I don't know one production or labor company owner who thinks that making a quick buck is more important than the life of a human being. And all of the bad publicity (both to the public AND potential clients), paperwork, man hours, lawsuits and lawyers that go with it. I have worked with Mountain, Upstaging, etc and they all take safety VERY seriously on the corporate level. It is usually the guys ON-SITE (be it with the staging company or local labor) who try to cut corners.
That said, I use NASCO in virtually every city I go to on tour in Canada, and let me tell you, the canadians take safety VERY seriously. Alot more then most stagehand unions or companies in the US. First time I was on tour in canada, I was told I couldn't work a call (and I was the Video Director! haha) because I didn't have a hard hat that was rated, steel toe boots that were rated, and safety goggles that were rated.
You're just looking to rally against big companies, who considering the size, complexity, and potential for danger have MUCH better safety records than smaller companies. Probably because they have the large budgets to do so. Maybe you got treated badly by a production company, but most production company owners do care if the people who work for them die. It's insulting for you to insinuate differently, and claim your point as "fact".
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