Calling @egilson1 and @What Rigger? Possibly you'd contribute a modicum of your expertise??
In case someone happens upon this thread and believes our forum members are being overly cautious when giving advice on this topic, please read up on this recent on stage death of a performer attempting a similar effect.
Thank you @indigoapropo for going the correct route and contacting someone with experience to help you safely achieve this effect. I personally have enjoyed working with the people at getvertigo.com as they are in the mid-west and within driving distance to my location.
I usually counter this with something along the line of: "Let's go for a drive on the freeway, and YOU don't wear your seatbelt. But I will. How likely is it REALLY for us to have a car crash?" And then ask why they're willing to risk someone else's safety, but not their own?Thank you for this info and words of caution. Has anyone compiled a data base/archive on incidents like these? Specifically failures in technical equipment or operation that resulted in injury or death. I feel like that would be a powerful tool to get the artsy people (directors, designers etc.) to understand the dangers of what we do. I've had this fight twice in my career and both times I heard something to the effect of "Well how likely is it REALLY for something to go wrong." Ugh! Being able to direct people to reports of recent incidents would be nice backup when it comes time to say no.
Thank you for this info and words of caution. Has anyone compiled a data base/archive on incidents like these? Specifically failures in technical equipment or operation that resulted in injury or death. I feel like that would be a powerful tool to get the artsy people (directors, designers etc.) to understand the dangers of what we do. I've had this fight twice in my career and both times I heard something to the effect of "Well how likely is it REALLY for something to go wrong." Ugh! Being able to direct people to reports of recent incidents would be nice backup when it comes time to say no.
This is SUCH a great way to explain it. I gotta steal it! Thanks, man!The attitude of “well it hasn’t gone wrong before” is called Normalization of Deviance. Basically when the organization becomes insensitive to deviant behavior that in no longer feels wrong to do said behavior. This thought process actually increases the chance of failure.
I use this example to emphasize the point. When you drive you run a red light every time you come to a particular intersection. You’ve never been hit. So now you feel as though it is ok to run the red light every time. In fact it’s more likely that each time you run the red light you will get t-boned.
Please do.This is SUCH a great way to explain it. I gotta steal it! Thanks, man!
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