Salem gym hit with Oregon's largest-yet fine for defying COVID-19 closures
Courthouse Club Fitness in Salem has been fined $126,749 by Oregon OSHA for 'willfully continuing to potentially expose employees' to COVID-19 against Gov. Brown's executive orders.
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 12:40 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
SALEM, Ore. — A fitness center in Salem has received Oregon's largest-yet fine for defiance of coronavirus restrictions, OSHA announced on Tuesday.
The company that owns Courthouse Club Fitness in Salem, Capitol Racquet Sports Inc., was fined $126,749 for "willfully continuing to potentially expose employees to the infectious coronavirus disease despite a public health order to limit the capacity to zero for such establishments in 'extreme risk' counties."