Reduced fine for farmworker's death highlights farm liability

Reduced fine for farmworker's death highlights farm liability

By Eric Tegethoff   During National Farm Safety and Health Week, a massively reduced fine for poor conditions that led to a farmworker’s death is leading to questions about worker protections in North Carolina. José Arturo González Mendoza, 30, a seasonal farmworker, died on the job at the Barnes Farming and Farm Pak in 2023 during extreme heat. The North Carolina Department of Labor found conditions on the farm were harmful to workers, such as…