Sometimes, the work at a Las Vegas show is dangerous and sometimes people get hurt badly.
From the LVRJ: Matthew Moore sits in his Pahrump home, his arm in a cast and his neck in a brace.
The 35-year-old stagehand remembers nothing about how he ended up in this position.
He just knows it has something to do with that day working on the set of "Still the One," the Shania Twain show at Caesars Palace.
"Everybody was being pretty safe. I was getting comfortable with the crew," he said, "and then one day I woke up in a hospital bed."
Moore, 35, is one of two stagehands who have fallen into the stage's two-story loading pit in the past 14 months, prompting investigations and fines from state regulators, and raising questions about workplace safety....
AEG Live said that "all safety mechanisms were in place" when Moore, a stagehand hired by a subcontractor to handle wireless microphones, fell into the pit Nov. 19.
What Moore does remember is that during his few days on the set, he sensed safety was emphasized. He noticed the bullhorn was used when the pit was lowered.
"They don't normally do that on a stage," said Moore, who has worked on stages in Pahrump, Las Vegas and around the world since he was 16.
But he said he did notice that the rope stanchion - similar to the ones you see in lines for movie theaters and airport security gates - was sometimes used and sometimes not.
He doesn't know what was being used the day he fell. He just remembers waking up in a bed at University Medical Center with a broken arm, herniated discs in his neck and swelling in his brain. He can barely see out of his right eye.
He was so confused when he woke up that he believed he had been in a plane crash. Friends told him he fell 30 feet into the pit. http://www.lvrj.com/news/working-back-from-injury-184793501.html
I've been to many shows on the Strip and most performances are safe, but then some of the acrobatic shows can be dangerous to both the performer and sometimes the audience.
I just wonder, the author of the story did not give a response from Shania Twain- I wonder if she even knew if someone was badly hurt on her show.
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