“Our thoughts and prayers remain with Halyna’s family.”
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“While we appreciate OSHA’s time and effort in its investigation, we disagree with its findings and plan to appeal,” said Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for Rust Movie Productions. Under federal requirements, Rust Movie Productions has 15 business days after receiving the citation to either pay the penalty and provide the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau with certification of corrective action, or to contest the citation, the bureau said. “Our own investigation has found overwhelming evidence of recklessness and negligence on the part of the ‘Rust’ production team and others.”
“We are pleased that the NM OSHA report has shed some light on the workplace safety issues that plagued ‘Rust’ and led to the tragic and fatal events of Oct 21, 2021,” Brian Panish, the attorney for the Hutchins family, said in a statement. The rising star cinematographer’s death became a rallying cry for film set safety and a reminder of other lives lost in the industry. The New Mexico report will be a boost to the family of Hutchins, which has sued the producers and others linked to the production - including actor-producer Alec Baldwin, who fired the prop gun containing live ammunition - alleging they breached a number of safety standards. Interviews with multiple members of the “Rust” crew paint an hour- by-hour picture of a cascade of bad decisions that created a chaotic set on which a lead bullet was put into a prop gun.
Authorities said the producers did not have permission to film on the Georgia railway in a case that similarly galvanized film crews and led to calls for safer sets.įor Subscribers The day Alec Baldwin shot Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the producers of the aborted movie “Midnight Rider” $74,900 after 27-year-old camera assistant Sarah Jones was killed and other crew members were injured in a train accident. The fine is among the largest ever levied by the agency against a film production company. “This is a complete failure of the employer to follow recognized national protocols that keep employees safe.” “Our investigation found that this tragic incident never would have happened if Rust Movie Productions LLC had followed national film industry standards for firearm safety,” New Mexico Environment Cabinet Secretary James Kenney said in a statement. Saying managers “demonstrated plain indifference” to employee safety, the agency concluded that the management of the production knew that firearm safety procedures were not being followed on set and failed to review work practices and take corrective action, the New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau said in a statement Wednesday. A New Mexico agency delivered a stinging rebuke of the managers behind the “Rust” production, levying its maximum fine of $136,793 for safety violations that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October.
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