USA: Journalists find Florida companies have failed to report "vast majority" of heat related fatalities; incl. cos comments
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“Florida workers died in the heat. Their deaths were kept from authorities”
…He’d worked one day in the thick July heat as a temporary laborer on a Fort Myers landscaping crew for TruScapes Industries Inc…..
…the Times found that Florida companies have failed to report the vast majority of heat fatalities as required…
The president of TruScapes, Llomell Llorca, said in an email that the company believed Ramirez died from a preexisting medical issue …
Thomas Kelly spent more than 30 years at H&H Products Co., a beverage manufacturer in Orlando…
… the company’s president, told the Times that the factory uses exhaust and area fans to cool the work area…
OSHA has no record that Greenscape reported his death. The company’s president William Poole declined to comment….
…Claudio Jimenez-Sanchez joined a crew from Carlton Roofing LLC, to work on a home in Delray Beach….
…Cole did not respond to multiple requests for comment…
…His boss at Olin Landscaping, Shane Fogarty, later told OSHA he knew Conroy struggled with drinking. …
Fogarty did not respond to multiple requests for comment….