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From training to inspections to safety tools: five simple tips to consider for backstage safety.
Tom Young - School Planning & Management – July 2008
An overview of rigging safety in schools, by Tom Young, who’s been designing and selling theatrical equipment for over 30 years.
Bill Sapsis - PROTOCOL, the Journal of the Entertainment Services & Technology Association – Spring 2004
Bill Sapsis is a well known proponent of rigging safety, and owner of Sapsis Rigging International.
Dana Taylor – Teaching Theatre Magazine – Summer 2005
Dana Taylor teaches technical theatre at Mt. Vernon (Indiana) Senior High School. This article addresses the need for training as to rigging system operation procedures and identification of equipment problems as well as rigging inspections in schools.
New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal News
Schools administrators may not be aware that one of their biggest safety risks occurs on the stage and in their auditorium. Yet with proper training, maintenance and inspections, these risks can be minimized. This is the initial installment of a two part article discusses stage rigging safety.
New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal News
In this final installment of a two-part article on rigging safety, the author addresses school stage and auditorium safety standards, protecting the audience and stage curtains.
School Business Affairs, May 2004
School district safety coordinators and administrators may overlook theatre inspections because theatre classes and programs are not held in regular classrooms. The author reviews specific points to be considered to ensure a safe production and a safe environment.
Jerry Gorrell - PROTOCOL, the Journal of the Entertainment Services & Technology Association –Summer 2007
Instructions for evaluation and development of a comprehensive safety program – includes a facility safety inspection checklist, topics to include in a safety manual and a listing of common hazards found in the entertainment industry.
Michael S. Eddy – Church Production Magazine, July 2007
An overview of the options of rigging systems for churches, with practical advice from a well know technical director and author.
David McCauley – Technologies for Worship Magazine, July/August 2008
Written for the church market, this is a good overview of the risks and responsibilities involved in designing, installing, and operating rigging systems. Written by David McCauley, Director of Northeastern US for Audio Ethics, Inc.
Bill Sapsis – Dramatics Magazine, April 2008
Three detailed options are provided for safely maintaining control of a counterweight system when dealing with a theatre that does not have a loading bridge.
JR Clancy Promotes Rigging Safety, Live Design, April 9, 2007
Safety support items for users of rigging systems, professionals and non-professionals alike, from the company with over 120 years in the industry.
Rigging equipment “cheat sheet” of specifications for cables, chains, shackles, counterweights and more.
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