2023-11-05 22:48:18
A woman working in a carrot field in Nueva Cuyama, California, was run over in front of her daughter and her terrified colleagues. However, the workers were ordered to continue with their work, next to the body.
The story was revealed by the Los Angeles Times, who identified the victim of the accident as Rosa Miriam Sánchez.
His daughter, María del Carmen, was returning to the field after her break when she heard panicked screams.
“You could hear people’s screams and I couldn’t see my mother“the 24-year-old farm worker told the Times.
A truck driver driving in reverse had run over his 58-year-old mother. When her daughter realized what had happened, He ran to his mother, who died in his arms.
Despite the shock of the accident, Grimmway Farms workers were ordered to finish picking carrots from the fieldsalthough Sánchez’s body was lying under a blanket a few meters away, witnesses told the American media.
The Sept. 20 accident in Santa Barbara County led to an investigation by Grimmway Farms and Cal/OSHA, the state agency that regulates workplace safety.
The workers are also demanding an investigation into why they were ordered to continue picking carrots with the body there.
Despite the shock of the accident, Grimmway Farms workers were ordered to finish harvesting the carrot fields, although Sánchez’s body lay under a blanket a few meters away, witnesses told the American media. “The fact that a worker lost his life was not going to stop them from finishing the job. To them we are just trash,” he added, according to the Times.
It’s a statement, Grimmway Farms said it was conducting an internal investigation into the circumstances of Sanchez’s death., as well as why the workers returned to work after the accident. But President and CEO Jeff Huckaby said in the statement that the company did not believe the directive to continue working was made by Grimmway Farms.
“We are heartbroken for the death of Ms. Sánchez and for all those affected by this accident,” the statement said. “Based on the first results of our ongoing internal investigations, we do not believe that Grimmway gave the order to continue work on the day of the accident. However, it is clear that work should have ceased immediately.”
An investigation by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office determined the crash was an accident, an agency spokesperson told the Times. Workers at the site point out that there were already safety concerns about that truck and the driver.
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