{"id":984597,"date":"2021-11-08T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=984597"},"modified":"2021-11-08T11:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:45:28","slug":"another-rust-tragedy-crew-member-bitten-by-poisonous-spider-may-lose-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-rust-tragedy-crew-member-bitten-by-poisonous-spider-may-lose-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"Another \u2018Rust\u2019 Tragedy: Crew Member Bitten By Poisonous Spider, May Lose Arm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-rust-tragedy-crew-member-bitten-by-poisonous-spider-may-lose-arm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=984597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A crewmember who was helping to close down the set after a fatal shooting on the set of \u201cRust\u201d may lose his arm due to a poisonous spider bite he suffered while working.<\/p>\n<p>Sky News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/alec-baldwin-film-shooting-rust-crew-member-in-hospital-for-multiple-surgeries-after-spider-bite-12462638\">reported<\/a> that lamp operator and pipe rigger Jason Miller was bitten by a brown recluse spider \u2013 one of the world\u2019s most venomous spiders \u2013 while he was helping to close down the movie\u2019s New Mexico set after actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza while rehearsing a scene on October 21. As the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/07\/rust-worker-bitten-by-poisonous-spider-might-lose-arm\/\">reported<\/a>, Miller has reportedly \u201cexperienced necrosis of his arm and sepsis as a result of the bite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A JustGiving fundraising page has been started for Miller\u2019s hospital bills, and according to Sky News, the page says Miller \u201chas been hospitalized and endured multiple surgeries each day as doctors do their best to stop the infection and try to save his arm from amputation.\u201d The fundraising page also said there is a chance \u201cunder worse circumstances\u201d that Miller could lose his arm.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News in 2016 listed the brown recluse as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/the-worlds-most-dangerous-spiders-ranked\/\">one of the most dangerous spiders<\/a>&nbsp;in the world, writing:<\/p>\n<p><em>If you see a brown spider with a violin shape on its back, proceed with caution: You\u2019re looking at a brown recluse. Most bites are minor, but occasionally, skin around a brown recluse bite will become necrotic, turning a dark color and becoming a deep, open sore as it dies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The article also noted that, in 2015, an elementary school in Pennsylvania shut down after brown recluse nests were found inside.<\/p>\n<p>The possibility of Miller losing his arm is the latest tragedy to befall production of \u201cRust.\u201d As The Daily Wire has reported, Baldwin was handed a loaded firearm by an assistant director who yelled that it was a \u201ccold gun,\u201d meaning it did not have live ammunition. Baldwin proceeded to rehearse a scene from the movie where his character points a gun at the camera. Baldwin fired what he thought was an empty prop gun, shooting and killing cinematographer Hutchins and injuring the director.<\/p>\n<p>Following the tragedy, reports have indicated that camera crew members had complained about unsafe working conditions in the days leading up to the shooting. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-rust-film-crew-complained-of-unsafe-working-conditions-prop-gun-misfired-multiple-times-before-fatal-incident\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Six members of the camera crew walked off the set Thursday morning after days of complaining about long hours and low pay. Members of the<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crewmember who was helping to close down the set after a fatal shooting on the set of \u201cRust\u201d may lose his arm due to a poisonous spider bite he suffered while working.Sky News reported that lamp operator and pipe rigger Jason Miller was bitten by a brown recluse spider \u2013 one of the world\u2019s most venomous spiders \u2013 while he was helping to close down the movie\u2019s New Mexico set after actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza while rehearsing a scene on October 21. As the New York Post reported, Miller has reportedly \u201cexperienced necrosis of his arm and sepsis as a result of the bite.\u201dA JustGiving fundraising page has been started for Miller\u2019s hospital bills, and according to Sky News, the page says Miller \u201chas been hospitalized and endured multiple surgeries each day as doctors do their best to stop the infection and try to save his arm from amputation.\u201d The fundraising page also said there is a chance \u201cunder worse circumstances\u201d that Miller could lose his arm.CBS News in 2016 listed the brown recluse as the one of the most dangerous spiders\u00a0in the world, writing:If you see a brown spider with a violin shape on its back, proceed with caution: You\u2019re looking at a brown recluse. Most bites are minor, but occasionally, skin around a brown recluse bite will become necrotic, turning a dark color and becoming a deep, open sore as it dies.The article also noted that, in 2015, an elementary school in Pennsylvania shut down after brown recluse nests were found inside.The possibility of Miller losing his arm is the latest tragedy to befall production of \u201cRust.\u201d As The Daily Wire has reported, Baldwin was handed a loaded firearm by an assistant director who yelled that it was a \u201ccold gun,\u201d meaning it did not have live ammunition. Baldwin proceeded to rehearse a scene from the movie where his character points a gun at the camera. Baldwin fired what he thought was an empty prop gun, shooting and killing cinematographer Hutchins and injuring the director.Following the tragedy, reports have indicated that camera crew members had complained about unsafe working conditions in the days leading up to the shooting. As The Daily Wire reported:Six members of the camera crew walked off the set Thursday morning after days of complaining about long hours and low pay. Members of the crew were driving to the set at Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico, every morning from Albuquerque, a roughly 50-mile trip, despite being promised hotel rooms in Santa Fe. Hutchins was advocating for safer working conditions for the crew, one source told the [Los Angeles] Times.At one point, a group of nonunion workers showed up to replace the camera crew, who were members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.\u201cCorners were being cut \u2014 and they brought in nonunion people so they could continue shooting,\u201d one person with knowledge of the situation told the Times. They also added that the prop gun that Baldwin killed Hutchins with had already misfired several times during shooting.Attorneys for the armorer responsible for the prop guns said the live round may have been placed in Baldwin\u2019s gun to \u201csabotage the set.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-984597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}