Safety and Health Complaints on Tobacco Fields
| Submitted | July 12, 2022 |
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From: Grey Moran
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Kentucky Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
All safety and health complaints filed on behalf of farmworkers on tobacco farms that include any of the words: "nausea," "dizziness," "vomiting," "Green Tobacco Sickness," and "nicotine poisoning," spanning January 1990 -June 2022.
This will be published by the national outlet Civil Eats with funded from Berkeley Journalism School.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Greta Moran
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Kentucky Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 12, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Labor Cabinet
Good morning,
Please find attached, a letter in response to your open records request for Tobacco Farmworkers.
Should you have any questions, please let us know.
Thank you,
April L. Abshire
Paralegal Consultant
Education and Labor Cabinet
Office of General Counsel
Workplace Standards Legal Division
Mayo-Underwood Building, 3rd Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Direct :502-564-3284
Fax: 502-564-5484
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From: Labor Cabinet
Good morning,
Please find attached, a letter and responsive records regarding your open records request for Richgrove Tobacco.
Should you have any questions, please let us know.
Thank you,
April L. Abshire
Paralegal Consultant
Education and Labor Cabinet
Office of General Counsel
Workplace Standards Legal Division
Mayo-Underwood Building, 3rd Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Direct :502-564-3284
Fax: 502-564-5484
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This communication may contain confidential information or information that is attorney-client privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure or any other use of the information is prohibited and my be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender, delete it and destroy any copies you have made.
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From: Grey Moran
Hi April,
Thank you so much. I appreciate your responsiveness to this request.
Best,
Greta
From: Labor Cabinet
To my knowledge, we have responded to all of your requests.
April L. Abshire
Paralegal Consultant
Education and Labor Cabinet
Office of General Counsel
Workplace Standards Legal Division
Mayo-Underwood Building, 3rd Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Direct :502-564-3284
Fax: 502-564-5484
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This communication may contain confidential information or information that is attorney-client privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure or any other use of the information is prohibited and my be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender, delete it and destroy any copies you have made.
From: Labor Cabinet
Good morning,
Is there a number in which you can be reached so we can discuss this directly? On our end, we have responded to all of your requests. If there is something else you are looking for, please submit another request to our open records email address, labor.openrecords@ky.gov<mailto:labor.openrecords@ky.gov>.
April L. Abshire
Paralegal Consultant
Education and Labor Cabinet
Office of General Counsel
Workplace Standards Legal Division
Mayo-Underwood Building, 3rd Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Direct :502-564-3284
Fax: 502-564-5484
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This communication may contain confidential information or information that is attorney-client privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure or any other use of the information is prohibited and my be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender, delete it and destroy any copies you have made.
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