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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Friday, January 16, 2004 ::
Company fined in worker's death By STUART TOMLINSON
Smith returned to Spencer Environmental that day to fill out an incident report. Under the heading 'What actions could have been taken to prevent this incident,' Smith wrote: 'Have proper personnel clean the tanks . . .'
On June 14, Smith was admitted for observation to Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham with a severe lung injury. He was hospitalized for a week, then sent home with portable oxygen bottles. He felt better for a week, but on June 27, he returned to the hospital.
At 4 a.m. June 28, he was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan and placed on a ventilator. Whatever had gotten into his lungs was eating away at them, doctors told his family.
At 1:35 p.m. July 3, Smith was removed from life support and died. The cause of death, according to the state medical examiner's office, was inhalation of industrial fumes.------------------------------------------- posted 6:46 AM :: reference link ::
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