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Having seen past injuries and deaths occur because theater safety principles were disregarded in using orchestra pits in Atlanta, our Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog attorneys shuddered upon reading that it had happened again in Atlanta. A 17 year-old dancer wearing a Panda costume reportedly suffered critical injuries when she fell some 12 feet into the lowered orchestra pit of the Fox Theater, during a performance of the “Nutcracker” by the Atlanta Ballet.<\/p>\n

The orchestra pit contained no orchestra, but was apparently lowered to this great depth anyway, without “fall protection” measures that were sufficient to prevent such a long fall by the young dancer, a high-school student. As it should, OSHA is reportedly investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

For our attorneys, it brought back lessons that should have been learned in the theater world when a young boy died after a fall in 2000, through a concealed opening into the unprotected orchestra pit at the Atlanta Civic Center. He survived in a coma for more than a year as he was cared for by his parents, two of our most remarkable clients ever.<\/p>\n

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