Lea este artículo en español aquí The Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSHA) of the North Carolina Department of Labor has initiated an inspection of Gracia & Sons LLC following the death of farmworker Juan José Ceballos on July 6 in Johnston County. Ceballos, 32, from Hidalgo, Mexico, was working in North Carolina on an H-2A visa for temporary workers. The incident was reported two days late, on July 8, despite OSHA guidelines requiring fatalities to be reported within eight hours .
According to Erin Wilson, DOL communications director, the OSHA compliance officer began the inspection of the employer on the same day the incident was reported. Tu guía esencial para Trabajadores Agrícolas en Carolina del Norte “As this is an open inspection, that is all the information we can provide at this time,” Wilson said in a written statement to Enlace Latino NC . “We have six months to issue any citations.
” John Chávez, a friend of Ceballos, reported on GoFundMe that a heatwave caused the worker’s death. “Tragically, he suffered a fatal heatstroke while at work,” Chávez said, although authorities have not confirmed this. In North Carolina, there are approximately 15,000 H-2A visa holders annually working in seasonal jobs, including tobacco, cotton, and sweet potato harvesting.
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