Cannabis Company pays $3 million after chest attack was deemed an accident

A Missouri cannabis company must pay $3 million to an ex-consultant who claims a severe asthmatic reaction to a pesticide compound led to a debilitating heart attack.
A penalty assessed against a missile based on St.
Cannabis workers are at a higher risk of developing work-related asthma, according to a study published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine last month.
A field-related aerosol has killed two Cannabis workers
So far, workplace-related asthma has led to the death of at least two workers — one in Massachusetts in 2022 and a second worker, recently in California, according to investigators.
They found at least 30 cannabis workers in four jurisdictions developed after months of exposure on the job – mostly plants used for cultivation / production.
The actual number is likely higher as workers report the condition, according to the study.
And the situation can appear suddenly and seriously, as it is reported that independent Missouri is reported.
A Missouri cannabis company must pay $3 million after the dust incident
Last week, St. Louis jury awarded Auvent $3 million after a four-day test was found to have been flawed when a lab technician reduced the vacuum range and struck.
That led to him suffering a severe attack of tuberculosis followed by a cardiac arrest, the newspaper said.
Blue Arrow did not comment on the decision, the independent report said.
But the details are similar to a known incident where cannabis dust was blamed for the death of a cannabis worker.
A critical sequence of events in the Cannabis Worker Fam
In January 2022, a 27-year-old worker at a cannabis corp. Corp.
A report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) identified “the dangers of cannabis dust” as a major factor in Lorna McMurrey’s death.
Massachusetts regulators imposed a $350,000 fine on the company, which stopped operating in the state in 2023.
The case continues.
But, according to a recent OSHA report, many of McMurrey’s co-workers are showing symptoms of work-related asthma.
Details are SCAN on the second death, California.
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Death of Cannabis Worker, asthma can be prevented
McMurrey’s death was preventable, said Kenneth Rosenman, a Michigan State University professor and one of the study’s authors.
“Someone went to the doctor over and over and said, ‘Doc, I can’t breathe when I go to work. I can’t take this.’
“However, the doctor didn’t write medical restrictions, he didn’t tell the person to get out of there, and the person died,” Rosenman told the Capitol News service.



