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3. Any Movie Set

This should be the safest activity in the world, or so you'd think. Movie making is all about make-believe and no one ought to end up taking a risk. It is theoretically the most controlled environment possible. There's even a person who is paid to stand in for the actor at the merest hint of danger just so that the professional risk taker can reduce any perceived risk. Over half of all film-related injuries are as a result of stuntwork and from 1980 to 1990 there were 37 deaths relating to accidents during stunts. The theory of controlled environment leading to maximum safety does not bear out the facts and the list of unfortunate movie accidents grows every year. Do any of these examples ring a bell with you? Roland Schlotzhauer, a cameraman who died in 2007 when the helicopter he was filming from crashed into power lines. Another helicopter accident, this time in 1983 involved Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. They were flying over incendiary devices when filming a scene for 'Twilight Zone: the movie', which brought their helicopter down. George Camilleri, an extra making the film 'Troy' who died of a blood clot after he broke his leg on set. Roy Kinnear, who broke his pelvis and bled to death after falling from his horse on set in 1988. The list goes on. Like it as not, there are just some places where accidents always seem to happen and the movie set is one. Statistically, I wouldn't mind betting that making a movie is almost as dangerous as crossing the road in the middle of New York.