Hazard 2: Animals
In October 1994 the family of the actor Roy Kinnear won £650,000 in damages after the actor fell off a horse and died of his injuries during the filming of The Return of the Three Musketeers in 1988.
The Legislation
The Protection of Animals Act 1911
The Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925
The Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937
The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Work Regulations 1992
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1881
The Risks
audience
bites/scratches
children/elderly/pregnant women
contamination
death
inexperience
leptospirosis/Weil’s disease
phobia
psittacosis
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