scope:

This Standard offers guidance to people working in the entertainment industry on preventing falls by performers, technicians, and members of the public from theatrical stages and raised performance platforms into orchestra pits, into audience areas, into stage traps, and from raised surfaces to surfaces that are lower. Its guidance is intended to be applied to stages and raised platforms used for performance of a show or event to an audience. It is not intended to offer guidance for fall protection in off-stage areas or audience spaces, such as theatre lobbies, although the recommendations in this Standard may be used in those areas at the discretion of the reader. The guidance offered in this Standard may be applied on a per show basis or to a performance venue.