Film Set Injury Compensation Paid to 47 Ronin Cameraman

A cameraman who was injured in a fall from height accident while working on the set of the new Keanu Reeves film – 47 Ronin – is to receive film set injury compensation after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The unnamed 62-year-old was working on the film set at the Shepperton Studios, Middlesex, in May 2010, when he fell through an unguarded opening in the floor. Despite falling more than 3 metres, the cameraman escaped with bruises and a suspected broken rib.

The HSE investigation found that, although temporary guard rails had been erected on some of the set, set-edge protection had been omitted in certain areas to ensure that the set maintained an authentic look of eighteenth century Japan.

Warrior Productions Ltd – the company responsible for the UK production of the film – was fined 300 pounds for being in breach of Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and ordered to pay the cameraman 300 pounds compensation for a fall from height.