Sophie Turner Tomb Raider: Health And Safety Violations Controversy Explained

Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming Tomb Raider television series starring Sophie Turner as Lara Croft became the subject of a workplace-safety controversy after Britain’s Health and Safety Executive found that the company producing the series had violated UK health and safety requirements during filming. The violations involved protections for crew members exposed to isocyanate paints at Shinfield Studios. Turner herself was not accused of violating workplace-safety laws.

Health And Safety Violations

Britain’s Health and Safety Executive took enforcement action against the company producing Tomb Raider. HSE records show that Project Temple Productions Ltd. received improvement notices on April 27, 2026, in Wokingham, with its activity identified as television programme production. Deadline identified Project Temple as the special-purpose company through which Amazon MGM Studios’ Tomb Raider series was being produced. [HSE] [Deadline]

The safety violations involved crew members working around isocyanate paints. HSE determined that Project Temple had failed to ensure that crew members exposed to the spraying of isocyanate paints underwent appropriate biological monitoring to verify that measures intended to control their exposure were working adequately. [Deadline]

Official HSE records cite violations of British workplace-safety law. The enforcement register identifies violations involving the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002. The listed breaches include Sections 3(1) and 4(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act and Regulation 10(2) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. [HSE]

Isocyanate paints can present significant occupational health risks. HSE guidance identifies isocyanates as one of the leading causes of occupational asthma in Britain. Spraying paint containing isocyanates can create a mist that workers may inhale, making ventilation, respiratory protection and other exposure controls important workplace safeguards. [HSE]

Biological monitoring is used to determine whether workers are being adequately protected. HSE guidance explains that biological monitoring can detect evidence of isocyanate exposure and help determine whether protective equipment and other control measures are operating effectively. Monitoring can include testing workers’ urine for metabolites produced following exposure. [HSE]

Project Temple was required to remedy the safety problems. An HSE improvement notice requires an employer to correct a breach of health and safety law within a specified period. Deadline reported that Project Temple complied with the relevant requirements within approximately one month of the April enforcement action. [Deadline]

HSE enforcement action involving television productions is relatively uncommon. The regulator’s public database lists only a small number of improvement notices against companies classified as television programme productions in recent years, including Project Temple Productions, ITV Studios, Left Bank Pictures and On-Set Location Services. [HSE]

Sophie Turner And The Safety Violations

Sophie Turner was not personally cited for the violations. HSE’s enforcement records identify Project Temple Productions Ltd., not Turner, as the recipient of the workplace-safety notices. Turner is the star of the series and plays Lara Croft, but the enforcement action concerned the production company’s responsibilities toward crew members. [HSE] [Amazon]

Amazon MGM Studios declined to comment on the HSE findings. When Deadline disclosed the previously unreported enforcement action on September 1, 2026, the studio declined to comment. The production company had already complied with the requirements imposed by HSE. [Deadline]

Sophie Turner Injury And Production Shutdown

The HSE controversy followed a separate production disruption involving Sophie Turner. Earlier in 2026, filming was temporarily paused after Turner suffered what Amazon MGM Studios described as a minor injury. The shutdown lasted approximately two weeks before production resumed. [Deadline]

The HSE violations were not reported as the cause of Turner’s injury. The workplace-safety enforcement action concerned biological monitoring of crew members exposed to isocyanate paint spraying. Deadline did not report that Turner’s earlier injury resulted from isocyanate exposure or from the violations identified by HSE. [Deadline]

Project Temple Productions Ltd.

Project Temple Productions Ltd. is a British television-production company. Companies House records show that Project Temple was incorporated on May 19, 2024, and identifies its business activity as television programme production. The company remains active. [Companies House]

HSE records directly identify Project Temple as the company responsible for the violations. The regulator lists Project Temple Productions Ltd. as a private company and records the workplace-safety enforcement action under its HSE company reference. [HSE]

Sophie Turner’s Tomb Raider Series

Sophie Turner stars as Lara Croft in Amazon MGM Studios’ Tomb Raider adaptation. Amazon announced in January 2026 that production had begun and released the first official image of Turner in costume as the video-game adventurer. [Amazon]

Phoebe Waller-Bridge created and wrote the television adaptation. The Fleabag creator serves as creator, writer, executive producer and co-showrunner, with Chad Hodge serving as co-showrunner and executive producer. Jonathan Van Tulleken is a director and executive producer. [Amazon]

The Tomb Raider series features a large ensemble cast. Amazon announced a cast that includes Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Martin Bobb-Semple, Jack Bannon, John Heffernan, Bill Paterson, Paterson Joseph, Sasha Luss, Juliette Motamed, Celia Imrie and August Wittgenstein alongside Turner. Amazon MGM Studios produces the series with Crystal Dynamics. [Amazon]