Another “devastating event” has occurred on the set of Rust, with a crew member facing the loss of their arm after a spider bite.
Jason Miller, a lamp operator and pipe rigger working on the film, was bitten by a brown recluse spider while packing up the set in New Mexico.
The brown recluse spider is one of three species in North America that have life-threatening venom.
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According to a Just Giving crowdfunding page, Mr Miller started experiencing severe symptoms, including necrosis of his arm and sepsis, shortly after the bite.
“He has been hospitalised and endured multiple surgeries each day as doctors do their best to stop the infection and try to save his arm from amputation,” the page says, according to Sky News.
“It will be a very long road to recovery for Jason if the medical team is able to save his arm.
“If under worse circumstances he loses the arm, this is a life changing and devastating event for Jason and his family.”
The set of Rust in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Image: Getty Images
A spokesperson for the film said they had no comment “on individual members of the cast and crew’s private matters”.
The set has been shut down for the last two weeks after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed with a gun accidentally fired by Alec Baldwin.
The actor and producer said it’s unlikely that the film will ever be completed following the tragedy, which has sparked growing calls from the industry to ban real guns on sets.
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