Pipe Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Numerous Violations - McWane Inc. has agreed to pay a $3.5 million criminal fine and spend $750k on community projects for having violated federaly safety and environemental rules. The violations, which resulted in the death of 27-year old worker, occurred at the Union Foundry plant in AL. by David Barstow, The New York Times - August 30, 2005 McWane Guilty Again - Union Foundry, a division of the notorious McWane Industries, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $4.25 million fine for an environmental crime and safety violation that led to the death of an employee. Jordan's Blog - August 31, 2005
LA City Attorney convicts Brian Larrabure and BLF Inc (a framing company) of willfully violating Cal/OSHA safety orders that caused the death of a worker in 2002. Sentencing will be Sep 20, 2005. Press release from LA City Attorney - July 21, 2005
Grace Employees Indicted for Covering Up Asbestos Studies - W.R. Grace and seven of his top employees were indicted for covering up studies that show a mine in Libby was exposing workers and residents to asbestos. The EPA declared the mine to be a Superfund site and has spent nearly $55 million to clean it. The mine manager and a few other executives could face over 50 years in prison. AP Staff - New York Times - February 8, 2005
PART THREE: FAILURES OF REGULATION Deaths on the Job, Slaps on the Wrist McWane Inc. workers have been maimed and killed by safety failures. Yet regulators and police have never taken a coordinated approach to end patterns of transgression (articles in this series examine the safety and environmental record of McWane Inc., one of the world's largest makers of cast-iron pipes) By David Barstow and Lowell Bergman - New York Times - January 10, 2003
Death in the Workplace - discusses criminal prosecutions for occupational safety and health related matters By WORKSAFE! - May 1998
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