Posts Tagged ‘health and safety executive’

Camera man following Batmobile dies in crash

Friday, July 20th, 2007
Tragedy struck off the set of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight, on Monday when a camera van collided with a tree killing one of the occupants. The crash took place during what's being described as a "filming production exercise" where the Batmobile was being followed by an SUV while on a test tr......

Liability in Hammond crash falls on dragster maker, BBC

Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Britain's Health and Safety Executive faulted both the BBC and the makers of the Vampire dragster, Primetime Landspeed Engineering, for Richard Hammond's dastardly crash. The HSE said that the risk assessment that Primetime gave to the BBC didn't take into account that Hammond didn't have the necess......

Top Gear’s ‘Hamster’ in stable but serious condition day after crash

Sunday, August 6th, 2006
Top Gear's Richard "Hamster" Hammond is in serious but stable condition today in the Leeds General Infirmary, with his family and Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and James May in attendance.The 36-year-old Hammond was driving a jet dragster, similar to the British land speed record-holding Vampire, in th......