California workplace safety officials have fined a guide company that was leading backcountry skiers down a mountain in February when an avalanche was triggered, killing nine members of the group in the deadliest avalanche in the state's modern history.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, issued $151,300 in fines against Blackbird Mountain Guides for seven alleged violations it found. The largest fine, $81,000, was for “failing to correct the imminent hazard posed by traveling in avalanche terrain when the avalanche danger was rated high."
