Pendleton reaches settlement with L&I

Representatives from Pendleton Woolen Mills, in Washougal, and the State Department of Labor & Industries have agreed to settle an appeal regarding citations of workplace violations.

The settlement states the Sept. 13 agreement is entered into for the “purpose of expediting the abatement of workplace hazardous exposures and precluding protracted and expensive litigation.” The total assessed penalty has been reduced from $93,300 to $46,650.