From Britain’s Daily Telegraph: “Trapeze artists with one of the world’s most famous circuses have been told to start wearing hard hats to comply with new EU safety rules. Jugglers, tightrope walkers and other acrobats with the Moscow State Circus, which is currently touring Britain, have also been instructed to don safety head wear because of European regulations covering workers employed at heights greater than the average stepladder.” Insurers apparently cited the new rules as reason to exclude coverage of future injuries incurred by helmetless performers (who went ahead yesterday and decided to perform without helmets anyway). One obvious question, which we assume the follow-up reporting will address, was whether the insurers were reasonably interpreting the EU directives. (David Sapsted, “Circus acts told to wear hard hats under new EU law”, Daily Telegraph (UK), Jul. 23).
EU: Hard hats for trapeze artists?
From Britain’s Daily Telegraph: “Trapeze artists with one of the world’s most famous circuses have been told to start wearing hard hats to comply with new EU safety rules. Jugglers, tightrope walkers and other acrobats with the Moscow State Circus, which is currently touring Britain, have also been instructed to don safety head wear because […]
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