Star Wars production company fined over Harrison Ford injurypublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 12 October 2016
Foodles Production (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of Disney, had already pleaded guilty to two charges brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after Harrison Ford broke his leg during filming of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
At Aylesbury Crown Court today it was fined £1.6m.
The incident happened on 27 June, 2014 during filming at Pinewood studios in Buckinghamshire.
At the time, the Han Solo actor was running up a ramp, which was part of the Millennium Falcon. He pressed a dummy button on the wall, but the wall fell on hydraulics, and pushed a door down on top of him.
This fractured his fibula and tibula, and he needed two operations.