The state investigation led to Gebbers Farm being cited for 24 “egregious willful violations” for unsafe sleeping arrangements and unsafe worker transportation - Contributed photo.
An agricultural company in Washington state where two workers died from COVID-19 was fined more than $2 million for repeatedly violating coronavirus virus safety procedures. “It’s unacceptable to choose to ignore health and safety rules,” Joel Sacks, the director of state Department of Labour & Industries, told reporters Monday. Labour & Industries launched an investigation in July after being contacted by an employee of Gebbers Farm Operations in Brewster, Washington. The employee said a worker had died of coronavirus, and that the migrant workers who shared a cabin with the deceased were not tested and then split into other cabins.