TIMELINE: Major accidents on movie and television sets

Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director when he discharged a prop gun on set during filming of movie Rust on Thursday, October 21.

The entertainment industry has a long history of on-set accidents, from prop guns to car crashes and chariot races.

Below is a timeline of some high-profile accidents that took place on filming sets:

1959: An accident occurs during the filming of the chariot race in the Hollywood epic Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston, in which a stunt man is injured.

1982: A helicopter crash kills three actors, two of them children, and injures six on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie. In the following years, the production team is found responsible for several labor violations, prompting the introduction of new safety standards in the industry.

1984: 26-year-old actor Jon-Erik Hexum fatally shoots himself in the head with a gun loaded with a blank on the set of television series Cover Up.

1993: Brandon Lee, son of late martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, is shot in the abdomen with improperly-made dummy rounds on the set of The Crow. After six hours of unsuccessful surgery, Lee is declared dead at the age of 28.

2003: Lead actress Uma Thurman has a car crash that crushes her knees and leaves her with a concussion on the set of Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill.

2007: Special effects technician involved in the filming of Batman movie The Dark Knight dies in a car accident after his vehicle crashed into a tree at the end of a test run-through at a special effects facility.

2011: An awry explosion kills a stunt man and seriously injures a second on the set of the action sequel The Expendables 2 in Bulgaria.

2014: 71-year-old actor Harrison Ford requires surgery on a broken leg after being struck by a heavy hydraulic metal door on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

2015: A stunt woman is severely injured in a motorcycle crash on the set of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter that leads to her arm being amputated. Later on the same set, a stunt man dies crushed under a Hummer vehicle.

2017: Female stunt driver dies on the set of superhero movie Deadpool 2 in downtown Vancouver after she lost control of her motorcycle during a stunt and crashed through a window of a building across the street. – Rappler.com