Latest in On Set Safety

The Sarah Jones Film Foundation is still forging ahead three years after the young camera assistant’s death on the set of Midnight Rider in Georgia. It is hosting two events this fall to promote set safety, the first being the third annual Walk for Safety held on September 25 in Los Angeles, beginning at the Santa…

UPDATE, 4:03 PM: Richard Jones, father of Sarah Jones – the 27-year-old camera assistant killed two years ago on the Georgia set of Randall Miller’s Midnight Rider – tells Deadline he would like a face-to-face meeting with German filmmaker Werner Herzog in response to the director’s comments that he teaches students…

On set safety, a major issue since the death of Sarah Jones two years ago during filming of Midnight Rider, was explored in depth during a panel discussion today at the PGA's Produced By Conference. "We're in a post-Sarah Jones world," said panelist Jim Economos, VP of Production Safety at Legendary Entertainment…

EXCLUSIVE: Two years after the death of Sarah Jones and the injury to several other crew members on the set of Midnight Rider, a new social media campaign has already begun, a new safety initiative is being launched, two documentaries are in the works and survivors from the Feb. 20, 2014 incident are still dealing…

Safety events will be held in three major U.S. cities this Sunday, Oct. 4, in support of “Safety for Sarah” — the goal of which is to foster on-set safety through awareness and accountability via constructive and realistic strategies to prevent future tragedies. Atlanta will hold a Sarah Jones Field Day and New York…

UPDATED, 10:44 AM: OSHA just released a statement about the ruling today from Judge Sharon D. Calhoun of the OSHA review commission that handed a defeat to Film Allman and the defendants fighting the safety citations and fine on the set of Midnight Rider. The statement from Kurt Petermeyer, OSHA's regional…

Dave Chameides, an Emmy-winning A Camera/Steadicam operator, has been working in the film industry for the past 25 years and a member of Local 600 for the past 20. In the wake of the Sarah Jones tragedy we've heard about the Director, the Producer, the UPM (unit production manager) and the 1st AD (assistant director)…

The late Sarah Jones’ parents Richard and Elizabeth Jones emerged from court today saying that they were content with Midnight Rider director Randall Miller guilty plea. This morning they sat and watched Miller plead out as he sat sullenly next to his wife Jody Savin (the film’s producer) before being led out of court…

UPDATE: The Pledge to Sarah app, designed to boost safety on film and TV sets in memory of Midnight Rider camera assistant Sarah Jones, is now available in the Mac and Android app stores as well as on the Pledge to Sarah website. It was created and crowdfunded by a group of anonymous production crew following the Febru…