New Mexico Fines ‘Rust’ Producers for Willful Breaches of Industry Gun Safety Practices

Posted By: admin April 20, 2022

New Mexico Fines ‘Rust’ Producers for Willful Breaches of Industry Gun Safety Practices

By Morgan Lee, AP

New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine of nearly $137,000 against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where a cinematographer was fatally shot in October by actor and producer Alec Baldwin.

New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau said Rust Movie Productions must pay $136,793, and distributed a scathing narrative of safety failures in violation of standard industry protocols, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires on set prior to the fatal shooting.

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