Producers of the Western movie 'Rust' on Friday said they had agreed to pay a $100,000 civil fine for 'serious' workplace safety breaches prior to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a New Mexico film set in 2021.New Mexico's worker safety bureau found the Rust Movie Productions (RMP)
Producers of the Western movie 'Rust' on Friday said they had agreed to pay a $100,000 civil fine for"serious" workplace safety breaches prior to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a New Mexico film set in 2021.
Hutchins was killed when actor Alec Baldwin fired a live round from a gun he was using during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe. "Our top priority has always been resuming production and completing this film so we can honor the life and work of Halyna Hutchins," Melina Spadone, a lawyer for Rust Movie Productions, said in a statement."Settling this case rather than litigating is how we can best move forward."
The bureau found RMP showed"plain indifference" to firearm safety and ignored concerns by crew members about pyrotechnics misfires and two accidental weapons discharges prior to Hutchins' death.Rust's armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed told the safety agency on Dec. 7 that Baldwin's lack of knowledge and"poor form" using a revolver may have led to the discharge that killed Hutchins.
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