They obviously should have had backup harnesses connected to something else on the ceiling. Whenever they do things like this in the US at concerts or shows they always have these things. And the chains obviously are supposed to be inspected and made much stronger than they need to be to give a big margin of error. Seems like a totally unnecessary accident that should have been avoided. Really tragic.
Sometimes I scoff at the Health and Safety laws we have in the UK (It can get a little draconian sometimes), but then I look at what happens in a country where no such thing exists (or little application of it).
I know this is going to be voted down. I’m always scared of how things get done here in India -- not only because they are careless or trying to reduce cost -- but because of the utter lack of importance given to human lives. Unfortunately, with an overwhelmed legal system, most of us, especially ordinary people, cannot even pursue legal action when an accident happens.<p>I’ve seen, heard, and experienced people doing their job just barely enough to reach a stage of “it works,” popularly known in the colloquial term as, “Chalta Hain.” This is more prominent in works such as the ad-hoc stage creation, pop-up kitchens, and the like.<p>This incident is sad, and I hope people learn from it and will prevent the other 100 such accidents.<p>My Condolences.
This reminds me of the death of WWE wrestler Owen Hart.
He fell when his harness malfunction during his entry to the ring.
American Wrestler dies in America - WWE is a listed company.<p>Reading all the comments about India, low pay and the value of life makes one wonder.<p>The Post Office Scandal in the UK that's popular in HN shows the value of life and justice in UK.
Pretty sure that everyone involved was well paid - the Post Office Heads, the Software company etc
No one bothered to do the right thing.
Is it the British culture ?<p>The Engineers at Boeing surely are well paid and should have a 'culture of safety' and 'value human life'.
But Boeing seems to be in news for safety issues that don't fit the American Engineering culture.
Software issues that killed 346 people in 2 crashes in 2019 - Source Verge
Boeing planes are still flying. Doors flying off now.<p>Tesla - Keep reading comments about Tesla crashes and the lack of responsibility.
Tesla keeps selling in record numbers.
Other day read about Tesla employees spying on camera of customer's car. American love for Voyeurism.<p>Can you call this lack of concern for safety a part of American culture ?
Tesla and Boeing are Big Listed American companies.<p>What's the issue here - lack of decent pay ?
Or that Americans obviously don't value life considering how easily Americans take lives as per all the news that one reads.<p>Point being blaming an accident like this on a certain people and their culture is easy.
It's quite common to see this subtle racism on HN.<p>Why are bigger incidents in other countries not a failure of their culture when these are done by bigger institutions and companies.
If memory serves, a well known rock band used to demand a candy but not of one specific color somewhere deep in their agreement with the equipment company. Their thinking was that if they find those specific candies in their dressing rooms, it means the riggers haven’t read the specs properly.<p>I guess more people should start making these out of band requests to catch poorly managed events before a tragedy happens.
Based on new in Indian media, this happened at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. CEO's wife had to make her own arrangements since they couldn't get an Ambulance for a long time.
And Ramoji Film City is multi billion dollar property.
This is purely a systemic and cultural issue.<p>As an engineer, I can say with full conviction that Indians don't give a damn about maintenance and maintainability.<p>Be it software or hardware or services or what not. We tend to focus on completing the work for that moment.<p>Also, in this particular case, the location is a studio, and more likely than not, you would not even find any records of maintenance / guidelines / qualified personnel.
This is awful and sad and I would encourage people for the sake of their own humanity not to try to frame this into some kind of morality play or just world fallacy.
Meanwhile, I wonder if there's a better way to describe this event other than a "freak accident." "Freak" doesn't convey anything informative. Perhaps "stunt accident"?
Every time I'm in Schaumburg I remind myself that it's ok to be bored. Just go the mall. Shop at Ikea. Shopping is simple, it's easy, mostly doesn't end poorly.<p>I might be tempted to perform elaborate stunts, but at what cost?<p>We should remember that we're human during these strange economic times.