A New Mexico safety bureau hit the producers of ‘Rust’ with a max fine for failing to provide adequate safety precautions on the set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins,
, the production company said it plans to appeal the findings. “While we appreciate OSHA’s time and effort in its investigation, we disagree with its findings and plan to appeal,” the statement read. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with Halyna’s family.”they’re “pleased” with the findings. “Our own investigation has found overwhelming evidence of recklessness and negligence on the part of the Rust production team and others,” says attorney Brian Panish.
The guidelines in place by OSHA require live ammo “never to be used nor brought onto any studio lot,” and that those on set “refrain from pointing a firearm to anyone” except after consulting a safety representative. “By failing these practices, an avoidable loss of life occurred,” read a release from the department. The department said its investigation included 14 interviews and the review of 566 documents.
“What we had, based on our investigators’ findings, was a set of obvious hazards to employees regarding the use of firearms and management’s failure to act upon those obvious hazards,” Bob Genoway, bureau chief for occupational safety, told
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