Author: Scott Johnson / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Investigators will have six months to conduct their probe and issue a report.
On Friday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Thursday night death of a crewmember on the Mt.
Lebanon, Pennsylvania set of Sony’s untitled Mr. Rogers biopic, starring Tom Hanks.“That investigation was opened today,” a spokesperson for the Labor Department, which investigates workplace related accidents, told The Hollywood Reporter.
James Emswiller, a 61-year-old sound mixer from Pittsburgh — also the home of the legendary PBS icon Fred Rogers — was apparently taking a smoke break on the roof of a building when he fell over a brick wall and plummeted two stories to his death, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
Locals rushed to the scene to help and medics…
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