DuPont LaPorte

OSHA gives DuPont a 50% discount on penalty for death of 4 workers

cmonforton | May 22, 2015

Last week OSHA announced citations and proposed a $99,000 penalty against DuPont for safety violations related to the November 2014 incident that killed four employees at its LaPorte, TX chemical plant. Wade Baker, 60, Gibby Tisnado, 48, Robert Tisnado, 39, and Crystal Wise, 53 were asphyxiated by methyl mercaptan because of gross failures in DuPont’s systems to manage highly hazardous chemicals. OSHA’s proposed penalty stems from one repeat, nine serious, and one other-than-serious violation. What baffles me is why OSHA didn’t propose the $70,000 maximum for the repeat violation. OSHA gave…

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OSHA gives DuPont a 50% discount on penalty for death of 4 workers

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