SAN DIEGO -- More than two years after a fatal manure-pit incident at a Gustine dairy, the Merced County District Attorney's office announced it will not file charges against the dead worker's employer, citing in part the recent acquittal in another Merced County dairy death.Sergio Ortiz, 42, a worker for Turlock Irrigation Construction, was killed by exposure to hydrogen sulfide in August 2002 while attempting to install a gate in the pit at Rego Dairy in Gustine. The incident had eerie similaritie
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