Cal-OSHA is investigating another farmworker death on July 14 in a Central Valley vineyard as possibly heat-related.

The death occurred the same day as California legislators held a joint hearing at the state Capitol on whether current state efforts are sufficient to prevent more heat deaths among California farmworkers.

Rodollfo Ceballos Carrillo, 54, collapsed in the Arvin area while laboring for Sunview Vineyards, according to Cal-OSHA. He was taken to Kern Medical Center by ambulance and died at about 4:30 p.m., according to the Kern County coroner. Autopsy results are pending.

California's heat-safety regulations include water and shade requirements and instruct employers to allow workers to take short breaks if they request them during hot days. Some safety specialists have argued that extra rest breaks during high temperatures should be mandatory because workers hesitate to ask for them.

Citations carry penalties of up to $7,000 for each regulatory or general violation and up to $25,000 for each serious violation. The maximum civil penalty that can be assessed to each repeat violation is $70,000. A willful violation that causes death or permanent impairment of the body of an employee results, upon conviction, in a fine of not more than $250,000 or imprisonment up to three years, or both. If the employer is a corporation or limited liability company the fine may not exceed $1.5 million.

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