The New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau issued the producers of the Western a maximum fine of nearly $137,000 for firearm safety violations.
that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.
The agency concluded that there was a “serious violation” of the New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Act.management implemented its own safety procedures taken from the Industry Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee. One of the rules stated that live ammunition is never to be introduced.did not develop a process to ensure live rounds were not brought onto set, including failing to afford the Armorer time to thoroughly inventory ammunition,” the agency found.
Other violations included protocols stating that no one can use firearms that they’re not trained to use, mandatory safety meetings before scenes involving guns, and not to point a weapon at anyone. The report detailed two previous incidents in which firearms accidentally went off. The first misfire, which happened on Oct. 16, less than a week before the fatal shooting, occurred when props master Sarah Zachary inadvertently fired a blank round as she finished loading a .45 caliber revolver that was aimed at the ground. The second involved the stunt double for
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