Cal/OSHA has fined Disney $36,000 in connection with the death of Juan “Spike” Osorio, a lighting technician who fell through a faulty catwalk on the Studio City set of a Marvel TV series.
The workplace safety agency issued the citations several months after Osorio plummeted 41 feet to his death behind the scenes of “Wonder Man” at Radford Studio Center, a spokesperson for Hollywood crew members union IATSE confirmed to The Times. Variety was first to report the news.
Cal/OSHA also fined Radford Studio Center $45,000. Representatives for Disney and Radford Studio Center did not immediately respond Friday to requests for comment.
According to Cal/OSHA’s investigation summary, Osorio and other crew members were handling lighting cable equipment that was hanging from suspended wooden platforms when a section of a catwalk collapsed underneath him.
