Harrison Ford Could Have Died In Star Wars Set Incident, Court Hears (theguardian.com)

An anonymous reader writes: While filming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Harrison Ford almost died when he was crushed by a hydraulic door on the set of the Millennium Falcon. He was reportedly knocked to the ground and crushed beneath the heavy door when he walked on to the set not believing it to be live. The 71-year-old actor suffered a broken left leg. Prosecutor Andrew Marshall said the door "could have killed somebody. The fact that it didn't was because an emergency stop was activated," he said. The company responsible, Foodles Production, pleaded guilty to two breaches under health and safety legislation, one count under section two of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, which related to a breach of duty in relation to employees, and a second under section three, a breach over people not employed by the company. The lawyer for Foodles Production, which is owned by Disney, said the company would contest the level of risk involved on August 22nd at Aylesbury crown court.

Comments

Oh no!

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh no... the horror... COULD HAVE DIED. Fuck, around here you're LIKELY to die if you drive on the road after 8pm.

You could die every time you walk out your front door. You could even die in your house. Hell, space aliens from the planet Zorg could kill us all.

Re:could have died != almost died

[Deadstick]

When a hydraulic actuator breaks your leg, it's entirely fair to say your life was in danger.

Re:Rookie mistake

[lgw]

I don't imagine a movie set is any different than any other potentially dangerous work space.

You'd be wrong about that. Actors are special - anything dangerous on set is supposed to have a minder specifically to keep it from hurting an actor, no matter how careless the actor.

all systems should be treated as live until verified otherwise

Remember: movie set. Dangerous items are usually props. The technical guys, sure, it's their job to know, but it's also their job to keep the coked-up airhead starlet safe (and the guy who plays her husband).