"They say, 'I want to see people get nuts and form a pit!'" added Wertheimer.Wikipedia Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes
"They call for it and ask people to mosh." "Bands like it, they want to see a reaction to their music," said Wertheimer. "It can be fun and enjoyable and can work in a relatively safe manner."Īnd no matter what concert security tells fans, chances are concertgoers are going listen to the band as well as security officials when it comes to moshing. "Mosh pits shouldn't be banned if they can be managed safely," said Wertheimer, who has been injured in several mosh pits and now wears special outfits to protect himself at concerts, including steel-toed boots with no-slip soles. He suggests venues seperate areas specifically for mosh pits with metal barriers so that nonmoshers are not injured and also advises security to do a better job of controlling the number of people who are allowed into a concert, helping to prevent crowd crushes. "But even then, someone can get hurt in a matter of seconds."ĭespite his overwhelming research highlighting the dangers of mosh pits, Wertheimer says he does not want to see mosh pits banned from concerts but rather monitored more carefully. "You have to have well-trained security in place to control mosh pits," said Chippendale. "Smaller concerts, from 500 to 5,000 will generate six to 40 first aid casualties or injuries." "A festival where moshing is prevalent, like Bamboozle, is likely to generate 100 to 200 mosh-related injuries requiring first aid or hospital care," said Wertheimer, who makes estimates based on the approximate number of mosh concerts and the general number of people injured at the events. The number of injuries is far greater: Crowd Management Strategies estimates that 10,000 people have been injured in and around mosh pits in the last decade.Īt a University of Central Florida concert in April, four concertgoers were rushed to the hospital with broken bones after being crushed in what Wertheimer calls "mosh pit chaos" and at the 1999 Woodstock festival first aid casualties were in the ten thousands. There have been nine mosh-related deaths recorded between 19, according to Wertheimer, who added that there very well may be more that have gone unreported.Īt a 2007 Smashing Pumpkins concert in Vancouver, a 20-year-old concertgoer collapsed in a mosh pit and later died, according to Wertheimer's records. The dangers of mosh pits are alarming, according to concert safety experts and emergency medical professionals, who told that the most injuries incurred from mosh pits aren't actually by the moshers but by innocent bystanders. "People go up and stay up but more often than not they fall on people. "There is no way to crowd surf or stage dive safely consistently," said Paul Wertheimer, president of Crowd Management Strategies Inc., the only organization that tracks concert crowd safety incidents. Witnesses reported seeing several of the 70,000 attendants treating bloody noses and worse, getting carried out on stretchers. — - Taking in a live concert may be more dangerous than one might expect - especially when you consider the risk of getting kicked in the face by a flaying crowd surfer or stage diver.Īs many as 50 concertgoers at New Jersey's Bamboozle Festival this weekend reportedly sought medical attention after a mosh pit got out of hand.
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