Recording from the June 14, 2025 Lighting Safety for the Motion Picture & Television webinar. Mike Skinner and Alan Rowe review Safety Bulletin #38, Addendum A - Lightning Safety as recommended by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee for the Motion Picture and Television Industry.
This session breaks down industry-standard protocols for identifying lightning hazards, establishing safe zones, Emergency Action Plans, generator “Zones of Protection”, what to do if you are caught outdoors with no shelter, and more.
This webinar is open to all members of the IATSE and affiliated unions as well as production personnel working in the motion picture & television industry.
Click here to view SAFETY BULLETIN 38 Addendum A which established the 6-mile lightning proximity threshold for being in safe shelter. Production teams must activate their lightning safety plan early enough to allow time for all equipment to be secured and all personnel to reach their safe shelter before lightning reaches the 6-mile radius
Click here for an excerpt from the SAFETY PASS A2 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY manual regarding lightning. This information is the 3rd Edition of the Environmental Safety Manual, September 2016. As of June 14, 2025 this is the most recent edition.
Click here for IATSE Local 477's article about LIGHTNING SAFETY. Local 477 represents Studio Mechanics in the State of Florida, the lightning capital of the United States. They know a thing or two about working in storms with lightning.
Click here for the OSHA FACT SHEET: LIGHTNING SAFETY WHEN WORKING OUTDOORS
For Weather.gov LIGHTNING SAFETY ON THE JOB click here and for their LIGHTNING SAFETY AND RESOURCES click here.
For NOAA's guide for LIGHTNING SAFETY click here and for their 5 STRIKING FACTS VS MYTHS YOU SHOULD KNOW click here.