Sukriti Sobti
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#11 A Health and Safety Overview of Orchestra Pits | Performing Arts
Orchestra pits present significant hazards for crew, performers, and musicians during all stages of production, including load-ins, set-ups, technical work, rehearsals, performances, and strikes. Incidents can involve falls or objects dropping into the pit, sometimes resulting in serious injury. Even seemingly routine stage actions can create unexpected risks when equipment or set pieces shift or fail in performance conditions. Because every venue and production is different, it is essential to identify and address hazards through a thorough risk assessment before work begins, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to protect everyone involved.
Festival Safety Tips
Festivals offer unforgettable experiences filled with music, energy, and community, but the excitement can sometimes make it easy to overlook personal safety and wellbeing. Staying mindful of your surroundings, planning ahead, and taking simple precautions can help ensure a safe and enjoyable time for everyone. Explore our festival safety tips and download our poster to help keep safety top of mind at your next event.
#20 Crowd Safety Management Framework
Naloxone
OVERVIEW
The opioid crisis in Canada resulted in 6,000 deaths recorded in 2020. Most apparent opioid toxicity deaths are among young to middle aged males. Toxicity of supply continues to be a major driver of the crisis. Knowing how to respond can save a life. This 2-hour workshop provides an understanding of what opioids are and their effects, how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and how to administer Naloxone in an emergency and using nasal spray and intramuscular injection.
Anyone with first aid certificate can pick up their free Naloxone kit at pharmacies.
Delivery
In-Person
Cost
Free
Duration
2 hours
Certificate Validity
No Expiration Date
Student Requirements
If you require specific accommodation, please email info@actsafe.ca.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:
- Describe what opioids are and their effects on the body/brain.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of opioid overdose, including understanding the differences between various opioids and their effects on the body.
- Follow steps to administer naloxone (Narcan) and performing basic life support techniques like CPR if necessary.
- Explain the risk factors for opioid overdose and strategies to prevent overdose, including safe storage and disposal of opioids.
- Educate patients and the community about opioid safety.
- Appreciate the broader public health impact of opioid misuse and overdose, including strategies for harm reduction and improving community health outcomes.
Topics covered
- The scale of the opioid crisis in Canada
- What is and the effects of Stigma
- What opioids are and how they affect the body
- What Naloxone is and how it works
- How to help in a suspected opioid poisoning emergency
- How to care for yourself during and after crisis
Who should enroll?
- First Aid Craft Services
- Locations Department
- 2nd and 3rd AD
- Casting Directors
- Extra Department
Certification Passing Requirements
Full attendance and participation in the workshop is required to receive a certificate.
Related COURSES
Occupational First Aid Level 1
Occupational First Aid Level 3
Related Resources
Crowd Safety Management Framework | Performing Arts
This bulletin provides general guidance to enhance worker and employer awareness regarding crowd events. It outlines common hazards associated with these events and presents high-level strategies to help identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks. The document is intended to support the safety of both guests and staff by promoting a clear understanding of employer and workers’ roles and responsibilities, while fostering a safer working environment overall.
This bulletin applies to any work environment where workers may be required to interact with, manage, monitor, or work in proximity to dense groups of people, including but not limited to performances, productions, public gatherings, and events.
This bulletin is intended to support safe work practices and does not replace site-specific safety plans, emergency procedures, medical plans, medical response plans, security protocols, or emergency response plans.
Frontline Health & Safety Briefing
This template is designed to support clear, consistent, and structured communication of essential safety information at the start of a shift or event. It helps employers and supervisors ensure workers understand key details including roles and responsibilities, site layout, expected conditions, communication methods, and emergency procedures. By prompting a focused, fillable briefing, this document supports proactive hazard awareness, reinforces worker rights and reporting, and strengthens coordination to help maintain safe operations in live event environments.
Crowd Behaviour Indicator Tool
This guide is intended to support planning conversations by helping venues and event organizers consider the behavioral factors that may influence a crowd. It does not provide event-specific advice, determine whether an event is safe, or replace a site-specific risk assessment.
Working Safely with Volunteers in BC’s Arts & Entertainment Industry
This document is intended to help organizations understand how occupational health and safety (OHS), legal responsibility, and insurance apply when engaging volunteers in British Columbia. There is no single regulation or statute that governs volunteers. Instead, organizations must navigate several legal frameworks that apply indirectly. This guide explains how those frameworks fit together, what responsibilities organizations retain, and how to plan volunteer programs in a way that manages legal and safety risk.
This document is for volunteers within the Arts and Entertainment industry in BC and is not intended to cover any other jurisdictions of volunteers.
