Disney has been fined $36,000 in the February death of a crew member working on the Marvel series “Wonder Man.”
A Cal/OSHA investigation determined that the wooden catwalk which 41-year-old lighting technician J.C. “Spike” Osorio fell from was “deteriorated” and gave way “suddenly and without warning.”
The fatal accident occurred on Feb. 6 at Stage 3 at the Radford Studio Center in Studio City.
“The deteriorated ledger was weakened likely due to age, environmental conditions and repeated stress loads over many decades,” according to a statement issued by the agency, which levied two penalties of $18,000 each against Marvel parent company Disney.
They concluded that Osorio was standing on the weakened section of the catwalk, when “suddenly and without warning, the ledger supporting the floorboard broke apart and collapsed….