Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center fined after nurse dies of COVID-19

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The California agency that oversees workplace safety has issued a $57,120 fine following the death of a nurse who contracted the coronavirus.

Cal/OSHA has proposed penalties of $222,075 for Overhill Farms and $214,080 for its temporary employment agency, Jobsource North America.

The hospital “could not determine that her COVID-19 illness was contracted at work, especially given the ample controls the hospital has in place, including but not limited to universal masking, stringent screening of patients and staff, disinfection, ventilation,” they wrote in a statement. “Meanwhile, COVID-19 was and still is widespread in the community.

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