Contractor Cited for Child Labor Violations After Teen Leg Amputations

A Washington state company that was cited after a 16-year-old worker was catastrophically injured on a construction site in the summer of 2023 is now also facing child labor law violations in connection with the incident, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries said Tuesday. The department said Vancouver-based Rotschy LLC has been issued an additional $51,800 in fines on top of the $156,259 it was previously issued over an incident in which the teen worker lost both legs after he was dragged underneath the blade of a walk-behind trencher during a job in La Center. The ...