Florida based mostly hashish big Trulieve has agreed to pay a settlement fantastic of $350,000 following the dying of one in every of its employees in 2022.

The Massachusetts Hashish Management Fee (CCC) is known to have reached a tentative settlement with the corporate on Might 29, earlier than it was unanimously authorized final week.

As a part of the settlement following the dying of Lorna McMurrey, a former workers member on the firm’s now-closed manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, the CCC decided that Trulieve had ‘did not comply’ with various office security procedures, NBC Boston reported. 

Final 12 months, federal investigators reported that McMurrey, 27, was working within the Holyoke facility when she skilled respiratory points, in the end leading to a deadly bronchial asthma assault.

The Occupational Security and Well being Administration (OSHA) discovered that the problems had been associated to publicity to floor hashish, and that employees weren’t supplied with sufficient data and coaching on the hazards concerned within the grinding and manufacturing processes.

Trulieve was subsequently fined $35,200 by OSHA in November 2023, however the firm might but be pressured to pay out additional damages.

In October 2022, the corporate said: “We consider we’ve demonstrated a secure and wholesome work atmosphere, however we’ll in fact work with OSHA and the Massachusetts CCC to deal with their considerations,” including that McMurrey was additionally carrying an N95 masks for at the least a portion of the day.

McMurrey’s household is at present pursuing a civil lawsuit towards the corporate, claiming wrongful dying and negligence, and has requested a jury trial and unspecified damages.

The following listening to within the case is scheduled for Might 2026, in line with court docket data.