Rust Movie Productions LLC, the company behind the low-budget western Halyna Hutchins was working on when she was killed, has denied allegations by New Mexico's workplace health and safety bureau that led to a $136,793 fine.
The company behind the movie "Rust" said in a filing to the New Mexico Environment Department's Occupational Health and Safety Bureau on Tuesday afternoon that the penalties levied against it were not warranted.
The company listed several other defenses, including that it relied on specialty contractors like armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, that it was not the controlling employer at the work site and that any violation of regulations was caused by "unpreventable employee misconduct."
