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Merced labor contractor reopens, then is shut down again
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Published 10:37 am PDT Friday, July 4, 2008
The company that employed a 17-year-old girl who died of a heat stroke after hours of working in a hot vineyard has been shut down by the state for a second time after briefly reopening.
Merced Farm Labor had been allowed to send its laborers back to the fields June 26 after it proved to Cal-OSHA that it met all heat protection requirements. The agency shut the company down in mid-June because it wasn't making sure that all employees received heat training.
On Thursday afternoon at a Keyes vineyard, state inspectors found the company wasn't complying with regulations. They ordered the company to close until the issue is resolved.
"They're lacking in providing the level of protection we need," Cal-OSHA spokesman Dean Fryer said. "They had a brief window to step up and it's not happening."
Company officials could not be reached for comment.
Cal-OSHA has kept close tabs on the company to ensure it's following all labor regulations following the May 16 death of Maria Isavel Vasquez Jimenez.
Her death renewed attention in farm labor companies' compliance with heat protection regulations.
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