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Latino waste‑worker fatalities and water‑quality concerns raised in public forum
Summary
A public commenter urged the State Water Board to examine multiple Latino waste‑worker fatalities, Cal/OSHA failures, and links between waste‑site fires/contamination and water‑quality impacts. He asked for comprehensive, transparent review and a complaint portal because he said some employee concerns were not captured by existing processes.
At the start of the Dec. 2 meeting, Jeff Ellsworth (former mayor of St. Helena and member of Cal LULAC) presented evidence and photographs documenting multiple Latino waste‑worker fatalities at Bay Area and Central Valley facilities, alleging systemic problems in Cal/OSHA inspections, worker intimidation, and water‑quality consequences from fires and toxic releases. He named specific…
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