Event Safety Insights Issue Five | Summer 2018 | Page 44

ESTA Publishes Three Standards Entertainment Insurance? We’ve Got You Covered. Three ESTA standards were recently approved by the ANSI Board of Standards Review. They can be purchased from ANSI and IHS at https://webstore.ansi.org/ and https://global.ihs.com/ respectively, or they can be downloaded at no cost from the TSP website at tsp.esta.org/freestandards. The no-cost down- load is made possible by the sponsorship of ProSight Specialty Insurance. ANSI E1.6-2 – 2018, Design, Inspection, and Maintenance of Electric Chain Hoists for the Entertainment Industry This document is part of the E1.6 powered entertainment rigging suite of standards. It covers the design, inspection, and maintenance of serially manufactured electric link chain hoists having capacity of 2 tons or less and used in the entertainment industry. It is a revision of the 2013 edition. Volume 22, Number 9 Page 1 ANSI E1.14 – 2018, Entertainment Technology - Recommendations for Fog Equipment Manuals ANSI E1.14 applies to the user-instruction materials for fog-making equipment manufactured for use in the entertainment industry. In order to use fog safely and effectively, the user must have some general knowl- edge of the technology, have a clear understanding of how to operate the fog making system, and be aware of the potential hazards related to the use of fog, and particularly the system that he is using. This standard is designed to establish guidelines for manufacturers to provide to the user the necessary information required for the safe and responsible use of fog equipment. This is a revision of the 2013 edition, with changes made to clarify what information needs to be hard-copy with the equipment and what might on a website or in some other format. HUB Entertainment specializes in insurance and risk services for performers and bands, festival organizers, promoters, nightclubs and concert halls, event producers and all other music industry professionals. We understand your business and provide accurate guidance and swift service any time, any where. That’s the HUB difference. entertainment insurance and risk services ANSI E1.35 - 2013 (R2018), Standard for Lens Quality Measurements for Pattern Projecting Luminaires Intended for Entertainment Use ANSI E1.35 describes a method for measuring stage and studio luminaire lens quality with particular emphasis on contrast and perceived projected image quality (sharpness). It also offers a way for presenting these results on a datasheet in a format that is readily understood by a typical end-user and that allows the end-user to directly compare lenses in a meaningful way. Without this standard, there is no way to describe how clearly a stage lighting instrument projects an image, other than by showing a person with the actual instrument and gobo. The download from the tsp.esta.org website is a ZIP file that includes an EPS graphic file of the test pattern in three common gobo sizes. This is a reaffirmation of the 2013 standard. Peter Tempkins Summer Whitenton [email protected] [email protected] Managing Director (615) 514-8888 Vice President (615) 514-8308 film, TV & digital • music & live events • theatre • business management • video games 44 www.hubentertainment.com