The Clark County Prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a Vancouver-based company that had been cited and fined by the state for violating youth labor laws after a teenage employee lost both legs on a jobsite in 2023.
In March, the state’s Department of Labor and Industries asked the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to investigate and prosecute Rotschy, Inc. It was the first time the workplace-safety enforcement agency had pursued felony charges over a youth labor violation.
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony F. Golik wrote in an Oct. 8 letter to L&I that based on the evidence available, the legal barriers to prosecution were “insurmountable.”…