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A Walt Disney World employee is “recovering” after being injured by a 400-pound (180 kg) fake rock in an incident that was caught on camera, the Florida theme park has confirmed.
The incident took place during the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! during a live reenactment of a famous scene from the film.
The video shows the boulder rolling towards the audience as a staff member jumps in its path, preventing it from reaching the crowd.
“We are focused on supporting our cast member, who is recovering,” Disney said in a statement Wednesday. “Safety is at the heart of what we do, and this element of the show will be modified as our safety team completes its review of what happened.”
The scene from 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark shows Indiana Jones – played by Harrison Ford – running past a giant boulder triggered by a trap, before running to safety.
Video of Tuesday’s incident shows the rock bouncing in its tracks, then leaping toward the audience as a staff member gets in its way and is knocked to the ground.
The staff member does not appear to have stood up immediately and other workers are seen running alongside him.
According to a blog run by the park, the rock’s propeller weighs about 400 pounds and is made of rubber.
A Disney spokesperson would not confirm that the rock was the cause of the incident, but told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, that “a prop veered off course.”
A witness told People magazine that the worker had “saved” the public from injury. “It was a crazy experience and definitely one we will remember.”
In a video of the incident, a man behind the camera can be heard saying: “He literally saved our lives, this guy.”
