L&I considers modification to indoor dining rules for well-ventilated restaurants January 8, 2021 at 12:24 pm
A tented area for outdoor restaurant dining stands empty on the first day of new stay-at-home orders on December 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries says the current COVID-19 dining rules in place statewide could soon be modified for restaurants that have good ventilation.
Nick Crandall, owner of Railroad Pub and Pizza in Burlington spoke with The Dori Monson Show on KIRO Radio earlier this week, explaining how he was forced to close his dining room due to COVID-19 restrictions surrounding indoor dining, even though he has open garage doors on three walls.
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State hands out historically large fines after two WA farm workers die from COVID
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The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries doled out one of the largest total fines related to worker safety in the state’s history this week, following the death of two Central Washington farm workers.
Two employees of Gebbers Farm Operations died after contracting COVID-19, having reportedly caught the virus in a work environment that L&I said had intentionally flouted safety rules.
“Gebbers made it very apparent to investigators they had no intention of following the rules as written regarding temporary agricultural worker housing and transportation,” L&I Director Joel Sacks said in a news release.
Stay Home Art in Seattle s Capitol Hill. (Photo Credit: Casey Rogers/SDOT Flickr)
After Governor Inslee extended the ban on indoor dining at restaurants statewide, some business owners decided they were going to defy the COVID rules. One of those restaurants is Spiffy’s near Chehalis, which now faces nearly $150,000 in fines, and has been hit with a temporary restraining order.
The owner of Spiffy’s became, in some circles, a hero of sorts by saying he would continue to allow customers to eat in his restaurant. There have been reports of big crowds at the restaurant, and some armed individuals who tried to run out state employees there to enforce restrictions. Tim Church, spokesman for the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), told KIRO Radio’s Gee & Ursula Show that Spiffy’s is not the only restaurant in Washington defying orders, but it is one that has received a lot of attention.
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