San Jose Kaiser at center of Christmas Day coronavirus outbreak among California s top COVID violators
By Lisa Fernandez
County fines Kaiser San Jose for Christmas Day COVID event
Santa Clara County fines Kaiser San Jose for Christmas Day COVID event. That s on top of more Cal OSHA fines the hospital is facing. Tom Vacar reports
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Kaiser at the center of what has become a deadly coronavirus outbreak just after Christmas is among the top COVID-workplace violators in California in terms of financial citations, according to a review of state records.
Cal-OSHA has fined the San Jose Kaiser a total of $85,375 for seven violations - four of them considered serious. The first round of fines came days after public health officials in the Bay Area realized just how serious coronavirus was in March of 2020, records show.