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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