TV location manager injured by high winds

A freelance location manager on a television programme has won compensation after he broke a knee cap and elbow while working on the set of the show. The filming took place in the Lake District. On the day of the accident, high winds had caused destruction of much of the set, and only key staff were allowed to enter the location. According to his lawyer, “against advice that it was too dangerous to film, a decision was taken to proceed even though the wind was causing ‘mini tidal waves’ on the lake and winds would suddenly hit people without warning and with force.”