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.
Salem Statesman Journal
A Salem gym that made headlines for violating COVID-19 restrictions and remaining open in defiance of public health orders was fined an additional $126,749, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials said Tuesday.
Courthouse Club Fitness was fined for willfully continuing to potentially expose employees to the infectious coronavirus, OSHA officials said.
The fine is the largest penalty issued to an employer by Oregon OSHA for a violation related to COVID-19 and comes two months after the agency tasked with enforcing compliance to Gov. Kate Brown s pandemic restrictions fined the gym $90,000.
A series of protests, some involving far-right groups, outside OSHA employee s homes followed the issuance of the initial fine.
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