In the nation’s first criminal prosecution involving the heat-related death of a farm worker, a plea agreement has resulted in small fines, probation and community service time for two supervisors.

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Tags: criminal prosecution, death of pregnant employee, working in hot weather

When investigations into workplace deaths find particularly egregious safety failures, the penalties won’t stop with fines from OSHA. These cases can be forwarded to prosecutors for criminal charges. That’s what happened in this California fatality.

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Tags: death of pregnant employee, involuntary manslaughter, jail time