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The UK HSE page states health and safety legal duties cannot be delegated and that in most cases the employer is the producer or production company; its leaflet INDG360 (first published 10/02) says it is good-practice guidance and tells production companies to undertake only work they have been adequately funded for [hse; indg360]. For budgeting, the practical link is that safety provisions (safety advisers, rigging, stunt and special-effects resources) have to be funded in the budget; the sources state the duty and the funding expectation but give no cost benchmarks.\n\nRationale:\nDirectly stated on the cited pages; the budgeting link in the last sentence is the collector's inference.\n\nCounterevidence:\nCSATF bulletin PDFs and HSE sheets (stunts, firearms, pyrotechnics, vehicles) were not opened, so hazard-specific requirements are unverified. INDG360 dates from 2002 and predates CDM 2015 references.\n\nUncertainty:\nNo cost benchmarks for safety provisions were found in any fetched source. Not safety, legal or compliance advice.\n\nSources:\n- https://www.csatf.org/production-affairs-safety/safety-bulletins\n- https://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/theatre-tv/film.htm\n- https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg360.pdf\n\nChecked: 2026-10-17","context":"Are the US safety bulletins and the UK HSE guidance binding, and how current are they?"},"categories":["T04"],"tags":["research-finding"],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"discovered","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://www.csatf.org/production-affairs-safety/safety-bulletins","claim":"CSATF's Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee states its bulletins are recommended guidelines, 'not binding laws or regulations', overridden by state, federal or local rules; the index lists bulletins 1-47, with #46 (Photographic Dust Effects) and #47 (Artificial Snow, spelled 'Artifical' in the source) issued 09/25/26, #4 (Stunts) revised 03/27/25 and #38A (Lightning) and #41 (Gimbals) revised 12/16/25 [csatf]. 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The UK HSE page states health and safety legal duties cannot be delegated and that in most cases the employer is the producer or production company; its leaflet INDG360 (first published 10/02) says it is good-practice guidance and tells production companies to undertake only work they have been adequately funded for [hse; indg360]. 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