Half Moon Bay mushroom farms cited for workplace safety violations after fatal Jan. shootings
Chunli Zhao, who had worked at the farms, is charged with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in the Jan. 23 shootings that stunned the small coastal community about 30 miles south of San Francisco. He has pleaded not guilty.
Authorities say Zhao opened fire at California Terra Garden, where he previously worked, killing four co-workers and wounding another one. They said he then drove about 2 miles to Concord Farms, a mushroom farm he was fired from in 2015, and shot to death three workers.The tragedy exposed working and living conditions at two mushroom farms. Since then, state workplace investigators have been investigating.
The state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as CAL/OSHA, filed 22 violations against California Terra Garden, Inc. and proposes $113,800 in fines, according to a Monday news release. Concord Farms faces 19 violations and $51,770 in fines. The violations at California Terra Garden include an alleged failure to have a plan in place to notify employees of an active shooter threat and to tell them to take shelter. Violations at Concord Farms include a failure to address prior workplace violence and to develop a plan to prevent more in the future.
The state says both farms failed to establish a workplace safety plan that include training workers in a language they can understand like Spanish or Mandarin. Both farms are also accused of not securing property permits for onsite worker housing.
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