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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tighter-safety-for-spiderman-show.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Edge and Bono have written the songs for the accident-prone Broadway musical Spider-Man" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-tighter-safety-for-spiderman-show.jpg" alt="The Edge and Bono have written the songs for the accident-prone Broadway musical Spider-Man"/></a></p>
<p>The curtain is going up again on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark after the producers of the accident-prone Broadway musical agreed to new safety measures following a fall that left a stuntman seriously injured.</p>
<p>The state Labour Department said it was satisfied the producers of the £42 million musical had made the necessary adjustments.</p>
<p>Wednesday night&#8217;s performance was cancelled so the cast and crew could rehearse the new precautions, which include a requirement that a second person ensure that the harnesses used by performers during the show&#8217;s high-flying stunts have been put on properly.</p>
<p>The much-anticipated production, teaming Lion King creator Julie Taymor with songwriters Bono and The Edge of U2, has had a rocky route to Broadway.</p>
<p>Already the most expensive show in Broadway history, it has been plagued by technical glitches, money woes and three other injuries, including a concussion and two broken wrists.</p>
<p>The show has been in previews for a month and its official Broadway opening has twice been postponed. It is now set for early February.</p>
<p>The fourth accident came on Monday night, when Christopher Tierney, a stunt double playing Spider-Man, plunged about 30ft into a stage pit, despite a safety harness that should have prevented the spill. Mr Tierney was due to undergo back surgery, his brother Patrick said.</p>
<p>&#8220;At this point we are satisfied they have put in place the appropriate controls,&#8221; said Maureen Cox, director of safety and health for the New York State Department of Labour.</p>
<p>State officials had no authority to close the show but could have disallowed the heart-stopping stunts that make it special. The musical has 38 separate moves in which actors are put in harnesses to go up in the air.</p>
<p>Ms Cox said an investigation was continuing into precisely what went wrong in Mr Tierney&#8217;s accident and who is to blame. Investigators say they are looking into whether it was caused by equipment failure or human error. </p>
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