Overview
- Multiple outlets report the crew member lost several fingers earlier this month during off-set work on the Universal sequel in the U.K.
- The worker is understood to be a special effects technician who was using a saw in a Sky Studios Elstree workshop.
- Doctors attempted to reattach the digits after extensive surgery, though the procedure failed.
- Variety first reported the incident, Deadline cited a source who confirmed it, and Universal has declined to comment.
- U.K. unions Bectu and Pact have warned that cutting into mandated rest breaks, known as broken turnaround, increases exhaustion, accidents and near-misses.