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EXCLUSIVE: Dead Trulieve worker coughed “whenever the grinding was done,” OSHA

By Alex Halperin
Oct 3, 2023
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Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers, Courtesy Trulieve
The colleagues of a 27-year old Trulieve factory worker who collapsed during a January 2022 shift and then died at a Massachusetts hospital said they were aware of her respiratory problems but were unable to help her, according to 400...

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