The production company behind “Rust,” the low-budget western in which actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming last fall, contested a New Mexico agency’s findings that it violated its own safety protocols.
In a filing Tuesday, the "Rust" production company disputed allegations that it breached industry safety violations and contested the proposed $136,793 penalty.
Rust Movie Productions, or RMP, said it was not the employer responsible for supervising the film set, and alleged gun misfires on set were all addressed, the company said. It also challenged other findings, noting that a fire extinguisher that the agency said should have been inspected was in fact a special effects device.
