Phantom Injuries?

I did a search but couldn't find anything. I am curious if there are any stories out there about people injured during Phantom performances. Like has anyone ever been hit by the chandelier when it falls because they couldn't out of the way quick enough?

I guess you could classify it as a morbid curiosity, but Phantom (like many other shows) is big and dark. Big sets always seem like an accident waiting to happen to me.

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Updated On: 9/21/11 at 03:19 AM

With the speed at which that chandelier moves, I'd be embarrassed for anyone who couldn't get out of the way fast enough, even if it killed them.

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Wow - never heard that about Sierra. But I'm really not surprised people have been injured, it's a monster of a production.

Rebecca Luker had an accident that made her shins bleed at some stage, not sure of the details.

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^^ Yeah, I read a Rebecca Luker interview recently where she said she slipped on the fog machine residue while running and slid all the way upstage and got her leg pretty much impaled under the iron gate...and the phantom who was supposed to be chasing her had to help her rip her dress that was caught and help get her leg out...she finished the scene though.

Not Phantom but Sierra was switched out for the second act when I saw Little Mermaid

Sara Jean Ford had a pretty big injury happen to her on the national tour. There's a great video about it that I'll link at the bottom of the page, but basically she ran towards the portcullis, slipped and ended up with quite a painful injury considering how she landed.

There's a bit of language in the video, just as a warning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbLzsLHPVx4