Theater & Performing Arts Safety Program
Performing Arts productions can involve numerous hazards and risks related to aerial acrobatics, the use of theatrical fog, stage effects, and pyrotechnics, working at heights, shop activities, audience safety considerations and more. The Theater & Performing Arts Safety Program ensures compliance with OSHA 1910, OSHA 1926, ANSI E1 Entertainment Technology Standards, and all professional Lighting and Sound Association regulations to ensure safe performances for all involved.
What you need to know
- Plays, concerts, recitals, and other performance events present unique and ever-changing working environments for both faculty and students. Fall protection, fire safety, electrical safety, indoor air quality, hot work, event safety, mobile elevated work platforms, chemical safety, and more may need to be taken into consideration with each performance.
- The Environmental Health & Safety department offers specialized trainings to cover the unique hazards associated with performance events. Related training for this work environment can be found at Arts, Architecture and Machine Shop Training Courses.
Services
The Environmental Health and Safety Office offers the following services:
- Emergency Operations Plan Reviews
- Front-of-House, Back-of-House, Rigging and Catwalk Safety Assessments
- Hazard Identification and Corrections
- Online and Instructor-Led Trainings