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  • Cal-OSHA sued for alleged inability to protect farm laborers

    07/30/2009 8:11:01 PM PDT · by SmithL · 1 replies · 291+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 7/30/9 | Susan Ferriss
    The American Civil Liberties Union and the United Farm Workers Union filed a lawsuit this morning against Cal-OSHA, accusing it of not being capable of protecting the state's 650,000 farm laborers from heat injury and death. The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court credits occupational safety officials with stepping up enforcement in the wake of fatalities last year. But it says employers remain out of compliance with regulations. It cites as evidence six farmworker deaths last year -- three more than Cal-OSHA recognizes -- injuries of farmworkers this year and widespread violations of laws that Cal-OSHA inspectors have found...