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OSHA has slapped the producers of CBS’ MacGyver with a "serious citation" for an accident on its Atlanta set in August that seriously injured stunt coordinator Justin Sundquist. Its proposed penalty, however, is only $9,472. Sundquist was injured when he fell off the back of a moving vehicle while performing a stunt…

EXCLUSIVE: The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating Monday's accident on the Atlanta set of CBS' MacGyver that left stunt coordinator Justin Sundquist in a medically induced coma. "OSHA has opened an investigation," Eric Lucero, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor, told…

UPDATED with production company statement: In the wake of July's death of stuntman John Bernecker on the Georgia set of The Walking Dead, OSHA has imposed the maximum allowable fine – $12,675 – on the company that produces the show. "This tragedy should serve as a wake-up call for the entertainment industry," said…

BREAKING: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and SAG-AFTRA have opened investigations into the death of John Bernecker, the stuntman who died after a fall on the set of The Walking Dead this week. Mike D'Aquino, a spokesman for the regional OSHA office in Atlanta, said that the investigation, which was…

Film Allman, LLC just lost another appeal in an effort to wipe away the “willful safety violation” and fine imposed by the Occupational Health and Safety Commission over the production company’s actions on the set of Midnight Rider, which led to the death of 27 year-old Sarah Jones and the serious injury of several…

EXCLUSIVE: New, un-redacted information revealing what specific supervising crew members did (or did not do) on the set of Midnight Rider has been put into a Department of Labor court filing to refute producer Film Allman’s claim that it was not guilty of a “willful safety violation.” The brief asks the 11th Circuit…

EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers for Film Allman LLC have appealed the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission decision against the company to the 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta in an effort to overturn a judge’s decision that it must pay about $75K in fines in the on-set death of one crew member and injuries to several…

EXCLUSIVE: The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has denied Film Allman's request for yet another discretionary review as the film company behind the ill-fated Midnight Rider tried for a third time to get out of paying a $74,900 fine and also being found guilty of a "willful" safety violation. The case…

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has issued a comment today to Film Allman’s request for yet another discretionary review as the film company behind the ill-fated Midnight Rider tries to get out of paying a $74,900 fine and also being found guilty of a “willful” safety violation. Lawyers for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Lawyers for Film Allman, LLC, the production company that was set up by now-jailed filmmaker Randall Miller and his wife Jody Savin for the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider, are fighting the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission’s review judge’s second ruling that stated the company’s…

EXCLUSIVE: The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Judge Sharon D. Calhoun found Film Allman to have repeatedly misrepresented the facts in court and demonstrated a “plain indifference to the safety of its subordinate employees” of “the highest order” on the set of Midnight Rider which resulted in the…

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…