"He was immediately transported to an Atlanta hospital and we have temporarily shut down production. News after the fall was reported. Among the measures OSHA said Stalwart should have implemented were reducing stunt fall distances to minimum required levels; using a freefall catching system; providing “an adequate number of spotters” with crash pads; and employing an independent safety specialist. Sophie's Nightmare: How a Georgia mother allowed her boyfriend to impregnate her 10-year-old, Man tortured by gang members, skull 'depressed' in one the most brutal murders in Atlanta, Held Hostage in Hell House | How a woman's nightmare exposed an unregulated industry making money off drug addicts. John Bernecker died from injuries suffered in a fall on the Georgia set of the AMC series. In addition to his work on the AMC zombie hit, the Atlanta-based Bernecker has also worked on shows such as 24:Legacy, Scream Queens and Into the Badlands. AMC said Wednesday in an emailed statement, "We take the safety of our employees on all of our sets extremely seriously, and meet or exceed industry safety standards." "The industry is not doing enough to maintain basic safety guidelines for these performers. © 2020 E! Coweta County coroner Richard Hawk has said John Bernecker, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. July 12. According to the Berneckers' lawsuit, it took 30 minutes from the time of his fall until he could be evacuated by a helicopter, with no ambulance on site, and it was an hour until he was hospitalized. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows! The cause of death is blunt force trauma and it has been ruled an accidental death, according to … The mother of a stuntman who fell to his death on the set of "The Walking Dead" in Georgia has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the show's network and other parties, saying unreasonably low budgets led to inadequate safety precautions. "My goal is to do everything I can to protect other stunt performers and to ensure their safety on the set in the future," she said. FACEBOOK Police officer driving home spots fire coming from Gwinnett hotel. Bernecker got most of the way over the railing and then appeared to try to stop the fall by grabbing the railing with both hands, but he hit the balcony, causing him to release his grip and spin upside down as he fell, the report said. A Gwinnett County state court pre-trial order obtained by 11Alive includes dueling descriptions from the parents and defendants about what exactly happened. "Bernecker agreed that the safety measures to be used were sufficient and he agreed to perform the stunt," the defendants state in the court document. The agency proposed a fine of $12,675, the maximum allowable fine for a single serious violation, for "failure to provide adequate protection from fall hazards.". The stuntman said he'd done a few but never from that high up, and he "seemed a little nervous," Amelio told the officer. Film director Randall Miller served a year in jail for Jones' death. OSHA said Stalwart exposed employees to fall hazards while performing stunts from an elevated platform. John Bernecker fell to his death during a stunt for Episode 7 Season 8 of the show in 2017. They said he then "made several more purposeful movements which caused him to miss the catcher system and land upside down" under the balcony. Austin Amelio, who's also named in the lawsuit, was the only actor on the balcony with Bernecker at the time of the fall. GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — More than two years ago TV and film stuntman John Bernecker was supposed to perform a fall off a balcony for the hit show "The Walking Dead.