The Clark County Sheriff’s Office has declined to criminally investigate a Vancouver-based company that, state officials concluded, had violated youth labor laws, resulting in the permanent disability of a teenage employee in 2023.
The sheriff’s office cited a lack of victim and witness cooperation as the reason for not investigating, according to a June 11 letter.
A 16-year-old worker, participating in a school work-for-credit program at Rotschy Inc. in June 2023, had been digging a trench using a machine that state law prohibits minors from operating. When the trench collapsed, his legs were pulled into the machine and they were both amputated. The company faced $208,0259 in fines for safety and youth labor violations…