By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press
PORTLAND, ORE. — The Oregon Department of Agriculture is seeking to revoke the license of a company that conducts aerial pesticide spraying on private timberlands, after the company disregarded a previous license suspension.
According to an order issued this week, Applebee Aviation's pesticide operator license would be revoked for one year. The company would also be fined $40,000.
Company owner Mike Applebee can still appeal the order. He didn't immediately return a call for comment.
The state last month suspended the company's license over worker protection violations and fined it $1,100. The violations came to light after a member of the spraying crew said he had to regularly take shelter from herbicides sprayed from a helicopter in Douglas County this spring. Truck driver Darryl Ivy quit his job and went to a hospital complaining of blisters in his mouth and a swollen airway.
He shot hundreds of photos and video of the spraying, which were first released to The Oregonian.
In addition to the license suspension from the Department of Agriculture, Applebee was also fined $8,850 by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, and another $14,100 by the Oregon Department of Transportation."
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