OSHA Fines Fitness Center More Than $126,000 for COVID-19 Violations

Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced more than $126,000 in fines levied on a Salem fitness center for “willfully continuing to potentially expose employees” to COVID-19, the agency said in a news release. Marion County is considered an “extreme risk” area for the virus, and OSHA said the center continued to ignore public health orders to limit its capacity. OSHA fined Capitol Racquet Sports Inc. after investigators inspected the facility in response to multiple complaints, the agency said. The $126,749 penalty is the largest...