Employer Pleads Guilty in Deadly Nitrogen Leak

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced that a food processing plant pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts related to the deaths of two workers. Baldemar Gonsales and Maria Osyguss suffocated in December 2020 when a gas system malfunctioned and released nitrogen at a California Ranch Foods facility in Vernon.  Cal/OSHA said its investigation found critical failures in safety procedures and training related to the pressurized gas system. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office filed criminal charges against the company, a subsidiary of G...