Report: Movie stuntwoman’s death due to safety violations
A stuntwoman’s death on the set of the movie Deadpool 2 was due to her employer’s failure to conduct a risk assessment and other violations, according to WorkSafeBC, the Canadian agency that monitors and enforces workplace safety in the province of British Columbia.
In the 2017 incident, stunt double Joi Harris was killed while reportedly riding a motorcycle down a ramp laid atop a set of stairs. Harris, who was an experienced motorcycle racer but had never before done stunt work in a film, lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a building. She was killed instantly.