US Dept of Labor to probe Disney Deaths

An accidental death of a 30-year-old performer at Walt Disney World in Florida on Tuesday has prompted an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA and a state official, The Wall Street Journal reports.

It’s the third death among performers at the park since July.

Anislav Varbanov died late Monday after sustaining injuries from a rehearsal for a show based on the character in the Indiana Jones “Raiders of the Lost Ark” series. The investigations are trying to find out what exactly happened.

Walt Disney World is owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) of Burbank.

Occupational Safety & Health Administration has six months to report what it finds in the investigation, a spokeswoman told the Journal. A local sheriff’s office has launched its own investigation into the death, and Disney is probing the situation as well, the report states.

Last week, 47-year-old Mark Prince died from head-injury complications he sustained during a pirate show. In July, 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg was killed when another train backed into a monorail he was operating.

Varbanov’s death, an autopsy shows, was caused by an accidental neck fracture, the Journal stated. Varbanov trained as a gymnast and joined the Orlando, Fla., park last month.