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Megan Geuss – Oct 17, 2016 11:50 pm UTC

According to the HSE, "The door’s steel frame was overlaid with sheets of metal and had a tapered edge. It’s operation moved from ceiling to floor in a sharp downward motion. It did not have any automated safety mechanisms to cut out if a person was unexpectedly under the door." — Enlarge / According to the HSE, “The door’s steel frame was overlaid with sheets of metal and had a tapered edge. It’s operation moved from ceiling to floor in a sharp downward motion. It did not have any automated safety mechanisms to cut out if a person was unexpectedly under the door.”

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Last week, the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) fined one of the production companies behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens $1.95 million (£1.6 million) for failing to protect its employees. The accusation was launched by the British regulatory agency after Harrison Ford’s leg was broken by a hydraulic door on the movie’s set.

Foodles Production, a British subsidiary of Disney, was sued by the HSE in February, and the production company admitted guilt in July. The incident took place in 2014, when Ford was 71, and he had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital …

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