Four performers on ABC’s “9-1-1,” including star Oliver Stark, suffered stunt-related injuries in recent months while Season 10 production kept moving forward.
Page Six reported that Stark and three other performers sustained stunt-related injuries on the set of the procedural drama, in incidents that do not seem connected to one another.
Stark, who plays firefighter Evan “Buck” Buckley, suffered an ankle fracture in August that required surgery. Insiders close to the situation said he has since returned to the set. Production continued on Season 10 after the injury.
The cluster of injuries landed on a series that already carried a grim marker from 2024, when a grip left the set after a 14-hour day and later died.
Deadline’s account, carried in the Page Six report, described the stunt tied to Stark’s injury: a firefighter swung to a ladder truck from a car, swooping over a set piece.
An unnamed stunt double sprained an ankle during a rehearsal attempting the same feat. The double declined medical treatment. Production did not receive an injury report.
In the weeks that followed, two more stunt workers were hurt. One stunt person needed stitches at a local hospital after an arm was wounded on jagged metal.
The most recent injury came within the last two weeks. A stunt performer was sent for a precautionary hospital visit after an awkward landing on a platform that simulates a ground collapse. That landing allegedly caused a minor compressed lung and a broken rib. It was not clear whether that performer had returned to set.
SAG-AFTRA’s official materials say stunt and safety standards are required for crews and actors. The union describes the on-set stunt coordinator’s role in plain terms.
"engages pro-actively with the appropriate personnel"
That language is meant to cover actors and stunt performers alike. Four injuries across recent months, on separate bits of action, put the gap between written standards and daily set life in plain view.
An ABC representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.
The same series drew earlier scrutiny after grip Rico Priem perished following a grueling shift. He left the set at 4 a.m. after a 14-hour day. He later died in a car accident.
Deadline obtained the autopsy report. It listed the cause in direct language.
"sudden cardiac dysfunction due to cardiomegaly."
“9-1-1” premiered on Fox in 2018 and moved to ABC in 2024. The show sells high-risk rescues as weekly entertainment. The people who execute those beats are the ones absorbing the real impact when a landing goes wrong or metal catches an arm.
Across the industry, set-safety fights keep surfacing in court. Actress Kate Beckinsale filed a 2025 lawsuit over her film “Canary Black,” alleging she faced dangerous and unsafe conditions and sustained severe and debilitating injuries. A judge denied a motion to dismiss. That case remains ongoing and involves different producers. It sits as a parallel reminder that stunt and safety claims are not limited to one lot.
None of the four “9-1-1” performers’ names beyond Stark were released. One double refused treatment and created no injury report. The network offered no public accounting when asked.
Call sheets stayed full. Season 10 kept shooting. The workers who took the hits still carry the cost when the stunt ends and the paperwork does not.
