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Oregon Coast café fined nearly $18K over COVID

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The state of Oregon has fined a Florence restaurant nearly $18,000 for willfully exposing workers to COVID-19 after an investigation in which officials say compliance officers were threatened.The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced the fine for The New Blue Hen, The Register-Guard reported.

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Florence restaurant fined $17K for ‘willful’ COVID violation

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Citing "a willful violation" of COVID protocols, the Oregon OSHA fined a Florence restaurant $17,800 for ignoring a public health order.Inspectors went to The New Blue Hen after receiving multiple complaints, officials said. When inspectors arrived on January 4, several people blocked the entrance to the restaurant and threatened the OHSA officers. One, officials said, had a gun.Authorities said the compliance officers w…

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Oregon Coast café fined nearly $18K over COVID

The state of Oregon has fined a Florence restaurant nearly $18,000 for willfully exposing workers to COVID-19 after an investigation in which officials say compliance officers were threatened.The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced the fine for The New Blue Hen, The Register-Guard reported.The New Blue Hen, doing business as Little Brown Hen Café, had been allowing indoor dining since at least Dec. 26, a sta…

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Oregon Coast restaurant fined $17,800 for violating indoor dining restrictions

The owner of The New Blue Hen, which does business as Little Brown Hen, allowed indoor dining when it was prohibited in December and January, according to OSHA.

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Oregon OSHA fines Florence restaurant $17,800 for workers' willful COVID exposure

Oregon OSHA announced Tuesday it has fined a Florence restaurant, The New Blue Hen, $17,800 for willfully exposing workers to COVID-19. It also said several people, one with a gun, blocked the door and threatened compliance officers doing an inspection.

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Oregon OSHA fines Florence restaurant $17,800

The restaurant inspection was carried out despite several people – including one carrying a firearm – who blocked the business’ entrance and threatened compliance officers.

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Florence restaurant fined $17,800 by Oregon for allowing indoor dining during Extreme risk

FLORENCE, Ore. - Oregon OSHA issued a $17,800 fine to The New Blue Hen restaurant in Florence "for willfully continuing to potentially expose workers to the coronavirus disease. ""The business did so despite knowing it was violating a public health order limiting the capacity for indoor dining to zero in an 'extreme risk' county," the agency said Tuesday. "The fine was the result of an inspection opened in response to multiple complaints about T…

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KATU broke the news in Portland, United States on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
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