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    Fall Arrest/Restraint on Double Angle Steel Truss

    The Turbolite's we use are primarily at the top of a big ol' building at 120ft to keep us from going off the unprotected leading edge and having to yodel for a rescue. Better to eliminate a fall, than to arrest one. The Turbolite's can stop you within a couple inches, depending on...
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    Fall Arrest/Restraint on Double Angle Steel Truss

    Hey Strad! The Grainger product, from this side of the tablet screen, looks workable. And I've used similar anchors in scenarios that look similar to yours. But, as always, "it depends" reigns supreme. We've got a bunch of this in the attics of a mansion and a world cruise, but it's also been...
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    Worker death on Marvel “wonder Man” set

    Unfortunately, a very good friend was onsite and in the room when he fell. I have spoken to her about it today. As one can imagine, it's quite upsetting.
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    Design Bad theater infrastructure help

    None of these instruments secured by zip tie are safe, in any reality. Knowing the gear is hung in an unsafe manner and moving forward regardless opens up everyone in the building to being named in the lawsuit if one of these things falls. Definitely walk away.
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    Safely naming a balcony on set

    Here's another question to consider: are you a student, or a paid staff/faculty member? If you're a student, tracking down this information is ridiculously outside the scope of your responsibility and will raise all kinds of red flags on the schools liability. If you're a student, may I ask why...
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    OSHA 30

    There is no depth to which I will not sink to be an engaging instructor/presenter even when the material is NOT dry as these things tend to be. I want people to retain this stuff like y'all don't even know.
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    OSHA 30

    But also get ready to see it more and more; I've got a few emails to catch up on with my local's training committee, but I am pretty sure the TTF is telling us how to get people reimbursed for these sorts of classes as 10/30 and beyond become requirements.
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    URTA Tips for MFA Lighting

    So, in a window of the early 90's era, the URTA auditions/interviews for the West Coast were only held at Cal State Long Beach (or so I was told) so every spring we were inundated with folks from other schools coming to audition and interview with their portfolio's. I was the undergrad who ran...
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    Grid Iron Emergency Medical Plans

    That is a bummer of an attitude for your Safety folks to have. That seems like they are ignoring/unaware of the risks of someone being suspended for more than a few minutes. Do they at least allow your harnesses to have relief steps?
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    Stranger Things Stage Production

    Even if you've been to The Stranger Things Experience (complete with Surfer Boy pizza for sale and the rest of the Starcourt Mall represented, albeit scaled down), and you're at all like me...you're already frothing at the idea of seeing this show live. Let's goooooooo!
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    Grid Iron Emergency Medical Plans

    Let me piggy back onto what Ethan has said. Yes, the Confined Space rules apply. Yes, recovering a casualty from the grid is a very specialized rescue. In my repeated experience, faith in the local Fired Department's rescue capabilities is greatly overestimated. "High Angle" rescue can mean a...
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    Audience faces burned, eye pain, blindness...

    Bitcoin/NFT/blockchain incels do dumb things but have convinced selves they're really smart and cool. More details as the story unf-zzzzZZZZzzzz. Shocked this happened around this bunch. Shocked I say.
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    ADA Cable Ramps

    The ethical solution is to be ADA compliant at all times, and never play the game of "protected class people don't come to our events". Be aware of your own biases, because this kinda sounds like you're seeking approval to avoid doing something you know you're supposed to do.
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    Righteous Brothers

    I seriously loved that room, second only to Dueling Pirates of course. The ability to jam up to the catwalks direct from the stage and go to the control room/spots was glorious.
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    Righteous Brothers

    Bill was pretty regular at The Orleans and The Suncoast during my Vegas years. Still sounded great. Loved working with these sort of veterans: dialed in, pro to the bone.
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