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Updated Wednesday, February 7, 2024-17:26
A member of the film crew working on the new
Marvel
television series ,
Wonder Man
, died on set on Tuesday after an accident on a high walkway, according to the BBC.
The incident took place at the
Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles
. Apparently, filming was not taking place at the time.
The man was identified by the coroner as
Juan Osorio
, 41, who worked as a lighting technician. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an investigation into what happened.
"Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family and friends, and
our support is behind the investigation into the circumstances of this accident
," a Marvel spokesperson said in a statement.
Filming on
Wonder Man
, starring
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
and
Ben Kingsley
, was due to restart in March after being delayed by recent Hollywood strikes.
The Disney+ series focuses on
Simon Williams
, who joins the world of superheroes after being gifted with supernatural powers.
While deaths and serious injuries on film and television sets are considered relatively rare, there have been several high-profile incidents in recent years.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was shot to death and director Joel Souza was injured
when a gun was fired on the set of the film
Rust
in 2021. Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Last year, several crew members on the set of the
Gladiator
sequel in Morocco were
injured when a stunt sequence went wrong.
In 2018,
a production assistant died on the set of the television series
Power
after being hit by a car. His death was later ruled an accident.