I thought I would summarize the criminal prosecutions for safety and health.

1. Criminal Prosecution for Safety and
Health
John Newquist
johnanewquist@gmail.com
815-354-6853
Draft 3 3 2016

2. Elements
• Title 29 U.S.C. § 666(e) provides criminal penalties for any
employer who willfully violates a safety standard prescribed
pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, where
that violation causes the death of any employee.
• Four elements must be proved in order to establish a criminal
violation of 29 U.S.C. § 666(e).
• The government must prove that:
• (1) the defendant is an employer engaged in a business
affecting commerce;
• (2) the employer violated a "standard, rule or order"
promulgated pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 665, or any regulation
prescribed under the Act;
• (3) the violation was willful, and
• (4) the violation caused the death of an employee.

3. Dr. Michaels
• "The possibility of incarceration is a powerful deterrent."
• Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Dr.
David Michaels ("Assistant Secretary Michaels") – March 16, 2010
• "It is a sad truth that nothing focuses attention like the possibility of
going to prison. Unscrupulous employers who refuse to comply with
safety and health standards as an economic calculus will think again
if there is a chance that they will go to prison for ignoring their
responsibilities to their workers."
• Assistant Secretary Michaels – April 27, 2010
• "It's an unfortunate fact that sometimes monetary penalties are just
not enough. Nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of time in
prison."
• Assistant Secretary Michaels – June 14, 2010

4. April 28, 2013
• USMWF asks OSHA to start pushing criminal for willful deaths.
• Very little activity since 2003

5. July 2013
After and Before
OSHA found that Campbell had removed
critical wall supports three days before
the collapse — an action that it calls
“willful, egregious violations” of OSHA
standards — and parts of lower floors
before removing upper floors, also willful
violations.
Fines total $313,000 for Campbell
and $84,000 for Benschop.

6. The Dam Breaks
• Benschop has pleaded guilty to six counts of involuntary
manslaughter, as well as charges of aggravated assault,
conspiracy, causing a catastrophe and twelve counts of
reckless endangerment, the Philadelphia District Attorney's
Office said Tuesday.
• In October 2014, Campbell was convicted of involuntary
manslaughter and other charges.
• Campbell and Benschop received prison sentences of 15 years
to 30 years, and 7.5 years to 15 years, respectively.

7. Feb 2016
• A Deepwater Horizon supervisor
ignored a clear red flag and
should be held partly responsible
for the 2010 oil spill that
blackened the Gulf of Mexico
coast
• Prosecutor Jennifer Saulino said
in her opening statement that
Robert Kaluza is one of two
supervisors who ignored tests
that showed pressure from oil
and gas when there shouldn’t
have been any.
• Kaluza is standing trial on a single
misdemeanor charge of violating
the Clean Water Act and could
face up to a year in prison if
convicted.

8. Jan 2016
• Cincinnati OH
• Grand jury indicts two
managers
• Zachary Henzerling was
working at Environmental
Enterprises on Dec. 28,
2012, when a fire broke
out as he was treating
hazardous waste.
• The Colerain Township man
was burned, and later died
from his injuries.
• Another worker also was
badly burned in the
incident.

9. Criminal 2015
• Prosecutors said on Wednesday
that the two managers —
Wilmer Cueva, of Sky Materials,
and Alfonso Prestia, of Harco
Construction — had ignored
repeated warnings for months
from private inspectors that
treacherous conditions existed
at the site on Ninth Avenue
• Manslaughter and other
charges were being brought
against two construction
managers and the companies
they worked for in the April
death of a worker at a Lower
Manhattan building site.

10. Neri Update February 2015
Mike Neri agreed to be permanently
enjoined from engaging in trenching,
excavation, construction or related
activities and permanently
prohibited from possessing or
leasing any construction excavation
equipment.
• The judges also found that Neri,
based on a review of his tax
returns and other financial
records, was unable to pay the
$110,440 fine.
• Mike Neri was released from
Federal Prison December 24,
2014

11. Dec 2015
• Manslaughter charges
have been dropped
against a BP supervisor
responsible for safety
aboard the rig where
an explosion killed 11
workers in 2010, as he
pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor charge
of violating the federal
Clean Water Act.

12. Criminal 2015
• Salvador William Versaggi, owner of
Versaggi Construction, along with
foreman John Fittpleaded not guilty
on Tuesday to the manslaughter
charges and two counts of violation
of the labor code.
• On December 26, 2012, Jose
Plancarte was assigned to lower a
window frame opening in the main
stairwell of a residential construction
site at 40 Edgehill Way in San
Francisco.
• Plancarte built a nailed-bracket
scaffold and used two scaffold planks
to access the window located more
than 18 feet above ground.
• Plancarte was not wearing fall
protection and the scaffold did not
have guardrails.

13. May 2015
• On May 20, US district judge Beth Phillips ordered Robert
Lockett, III, Ann Fox and William Alpert of Compliance
Professionals to each pay a $2,000 penalty for criminal
contempt.
• They were also ordered, along with Martin Foundry, to pay
nearly $11,000 for the costs incurred by the Labor
Department in OSHA’s effort to inspect the facility.
• " The acts and conduct of Martin Foundry, Darrell Stone,
Robert Lockett, III, Ann Fox and William Alpert as set forth
herein constitute disobedience and resistance to the
Administrative Search Warrant, a lawful Order of the Court."

14. Criminal 2015
• Dennis Egan, 36, illegally
allowed deckhand Alex
Oliva, 29, to use the naked
flame of a propane blow
torch on a barge, triggering
an explosion that killed
Oliva, sank the barge and
flooded the Chicago
Sanitary and Ship Canal
with 600,000 gallons of oil,
U.S. District Judge James
Zagel ruled.
• Sentencing later

15. Criminal 2015
• Marcus Borden was charged
with lying to OSHA about an
incident investigation of one
of his work sites in Cordova AL
more than two years ago.
• He was sentenced to three
years of supervised probation
and 30 hours of community
service after pleading guilty to
one count of making false
statements to the U.S.
Department of Labor's
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration.

16. Criminal 2015
• James J. McCullagh, 60, of
Meadowbrook, PA, was
charged by indictment in
connection with the fatal fall
of an employee,
• McCullagh, who owns James
J. McCullagh Roofing, is
charged with with four counts
of making false statements,
one count of obstruction of
justice, and one count of
willfully violating an
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA)
regulation causing death to an
employee.
• On June 21, 2013, one of
McCullagh’s employees
was killed after falling
approximately 45 feet from
a roof bracket scaffold while
performing roofing repairs
for the company on a
church in Philadelphia.
• MARK T. SMITH SR., died
suddenly, on June 21, 2013, at
the age of 52. Beloved
husband of Denise T. (nee
Titus); loving father of Tina,
Mark T. Jr., Justin, and
Michael

17. Criminal 2015
• George Bello arrest for
selling OSHA 10 hour
cards.
• For a fee of from $150 to
$250 each, George Bello,
44, sold “OSHA 30” cards
and split the proceeds,
U.S. Attorney Paul J.
Fishman said this
afternoon.
• Sentencing Sep 2015 (no
update as Nov 2015)

18. Criminal 2015
• Los Angeles CA
• $6 million settlement to CAL-
OSHA
• The company, its plant
Operations Director Angel
Rodriguez and former safety
manager Saul Florez were each
charged with three counts of
violating Occupational Safety &
Health Administration rules that
caused a death.
Florez, 42, of Whittier was
sentenced to three years of
probation and will face fines and
penalties of about $19,000 after
pleading guilty to a single felony
count of violating a workplace
safety rule that caused a death.
Rodriguez, 63, of Riverside, agreed to
plead guilty to a misdemeanor in 18
months and pay about $11,000 after
he completes 320 hours of
community service and worker safety
courses

19. Criminal 2015
• A Middlesex County, NJ
man who admitted to
cutting corners in the
disposal of asbestos
materials during the
demolition of a
Burlington County
hospital was sentenced
today to three years in
state prison.

20. Criminal 2014/2015
• U.S. Sino Investment, its
owner and a project
manager were indicted
Monday on involuntary
manslaughter charges in
the cave-in death of a
construction worker at a
Milpitas building site.
• Raul Zapata Mercado,
38, was killed January
28, 2012, after a 12-ft.
wall of dirt collapsed on
top of him
• 2 years in jail

21. Criminal 2015
• On May 20, US district judge Beth Phillips ordered Robert
Lockett, III, Ann Fox and William Alpert of Compliance
Professionals to each pay a $2,000 penalty for criminal
contempt.
• They were also ordered, along with Martin Foundry, to pay
nearly $11,000 for the costs incurred by the Labor
Department in OSHA’s effort to inspect the facility.
• " The acts and conduct of Martin Foundry, Darrell Stone,
Robert Lockett, III, Ann Fox and William Alpert as set forth
herein constitute disobedience and resistance to the
Administrative Search Warrant, a lawful Order of the Court."

22. Criminal 2015
• Saul Florez, Bumble Bee's former
safety manager, pleaded guilty to
a felony count of willfully
violating lockout rules and
indirectly causing Melena's
death.
• He was sentenced to three years'
probation, ordered to complete
30 days of community labor and
assessed $19,000 in fines and
penalties, Lacey said.
• And another co-defendant, Angel
Rodriguez, Bumble Bee's director
of plant operations, will be
allowed to plead guilty to a
misdemeanor in 18 months if he
completes 320 hours of
community service, pays $11,400
in fines and takes classes on
confined space rules, Lacey said.
The oven where a Bumble Bee
worker died in 2012 in Santa Fe
Springs, California. State regulators
found that the chain that pulls carts
of tuna into the ovens sometimes get
snagged, requiring operators to enter
the ovens to pull the carts through.

23. Criminal 2015
• DOL has filed a motion with the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st
Circuit in Boston asking it to hold
Lessard in civil contempt for
refusing to implement safety
measures and pay more than
$400,000 in fines for violations
cited through 2010.
• He could face jail time
• Lessard didn’t return multiple
calls seeking comment.
• The motion for contempt stems
from a December 2010
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration inspection that
resulted in citations for alleged
“egregious, willful, serious and
repeat violations” for a lack of fall
protection and other hazards.

24. Criminal 2014/2015
• Frederick Prinz, 38, of
Marmora, N.J., pleaded
guilty before U.S. District
Judge Joseph H.
Rodriguez in Camden
federal court to an
information charging him
with making and selling
fraudulent construction
industry certification
forms, known as “OSHA
30” cards.
• Two years Probation

25. Criminal 2015
• Don Blankenship, the
longtime chief
executive officer of
Massey Energy, was
convicted on charges
that he violated federal
mine safety laws at the
company’s Upper Big
Branch Mine prior to
an April 2010
explosion that killed 29
miners.

26. Criminal 2015
• Dennis Farrell, the
longtime president and
owner of Freedom
Industries, was sentenced
Thursday to serve 30 days
in jail for his role in water
pollution crimes that led to
the January 2014 chemical
spill that contaminated
drinking-water supplies for
hundreds of thousands of
residents in Charleston and
surrounding communities

27. Criminal 2015
• Gary Southern, CEO
Behind West
Virginia’s Historic
Chemical Spill Gets 1
Month In Prison

28. Criminal 2014
• Jail time for two that exposed
CA high school student
workers to asbestos.
• Patrick Bowman and Rudy
Buendia III were sentenced in
Fresno federal court Monday
by U.S. District Judge
Lawrence J. O’Neill to 27 and
24 months respectively in
federal prison, according to
the office of U.S. District
Attorney Benjamin Wagner.
• Joseph Cuellar was ordered to
serve 44 months in state
prison and 22 months in
federal prison.
The defendants, Rudy Buendia III,
47, Patrick Bowman, 44, and Joseph
Cuellar, 71, allegedly cut corners by
using teenagers to remove asbestos
from the Automotive Training
Center at Castle Commerce Center.

29. Criminal 2014
• IL Tollway worker killed while
helped a motor.
• Officials Tuesday night
charged Renato V. Velasquez,
46, of Hanover Park in
connection with the accident.
• Velasquez was charged with
operating a commercial
vehicle while
impaired/fatigued, filing a
false report of record and
duty status, driving more than
14 hours and driving beyond
the 11 hour rule, all class four
felonies
• He was also charged with
failure to reduce speed to
avoid an accident and failure
to yield to stationary
emergency vehicles in
violation of Scott's Law
• Truck driver Renato Velasquez
was sentenced to three years
in connection with a crash
that killed a tollway worker
and injured a state trooper in
January 2014.

30. Criminal 2014
• Felony charges are filed against
the President of a Holland
construction company
• 38-year-old Brian
Tarachanowicz was killed in July
of 2012, while working for
Black River Builders, owned by
Joe Novak.
• He fell through a weak spot on
the roof of the Federal Mogul
Building in Sparta.
• The suit, filed by Michigan
Attorney General Bill Schuette,
says they were not using fall
protection equipment and
were exposed to a 26 foot fall.
Novak was found not guilty

31. Criminal 2014
• Midnight Rider
director Randall
Miller has been
indicated of
involuntary
manslaughter and
criminal trespass in
the death of their
worker Sarah Jones.
Superior Court Judge Anthony
Harrison’s ruling said that the intent
was for Miller to stay in jail for the
full two years, and that it’s up to his
jailers whether he might get time
served for good behavior. Miller is
the first filmmaker in Hollywood
history to go to jail for an on-set
death.

32. Criminal 2014
• Sean A. Chase, 32, of
Spencer, West Virginia,
was sentenced to two
years of supervised
release.
• He was convicted earlier
this year of "making false
representations and
certifications" on mine
safety records, and one
count of "false
statements to a federal
agent."

33. Criminal 2014
• Randall Davey, owner of
the Wolf Creek Ski Area in
southwest Colorado, has
entered not-guilty pleas to
five misdemeanor charges
filed after the death of an
employee killed in an
avalanche.
• Davey was sentenced in
Durango by U.S. Magistrate
Judge David L. West to five
years of supervised
probation, including 500
hours of community
service, and was fined
$5,000.
• During one exercise,
explosives were used to set
off avalanches. Colin Drew
Sutton, 38, was caught in
one of those avalanches
and died.

34. Criminal 2014
• Parnell and his brother, food
broker Michael Parnell, are
charged with knowingly
shipping contaminated peanut
butter to customers and faking
lab tests intended to screen for
salmonella
• The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, which tracked
the outbreak from victims back
to the plant, determined 714
people got sick in 43 U.S. states.
Three deaths were reported in
Minnesota, two in Ohio, two in
Virginia, one in Idaho and one
in North Carolina.
• The former PCA chief executive
was sentenced to 28 years for
selling misbranded food,
introducing adulterated food
into interstate commerce,
fraud, conspiracy and other
charges related to knowingly
allowing peanut butter
contaminated with salmonella
to enter the stream of
commerce.
Ginger Lorentz’s mother, Shirley Almer,
(pictured, left, in a photo from 2004),
was one of three Minnesotans to die
during the 2008-2009 salmonella
outbreak that sickened hundreds
nationwide.

35. Criminal 2014
• US Marshalls take IL trenching contractor to jail.
• "A U.S. Marshall has taken an Illinois business owner into custody after
the employer failed to correct serious trenching hazards and pay OSHA
penalties.
• On Oct. 27, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion filed
by Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez against the owner of Mike Neri
Sewer & Water Contractor Inc., based in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
• This action followed the owner's long history of failing to comply with
OSHA standards and orders of the independent Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission.
• In October 2013, the Court issued an enforcement order against Neri
and when he failed to comply, the Court held Neri in contempt in July
2014 and threatened him with possible incarceration.
• Last week, after receiving no response from Neri, the Court granted the
Secretary's motion to proceed with coercive actions, ordering the U.S.
Marshal to place Neri in the custody of the Attorney General.
• Neri will remain in custody until a District or Magistrate Judge certifies
to the Court that he has either fully complied with the Court's
enforcement order or has demonstrated he is unable to comply.

36. Criminal 2014
• Martin Romano of Victor MT, pleaded
guilty Tuesday to federal misdemeanor
violations during a hearing before U.S.
Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch in
Missoula. count of causing the death of
a worker by violating a safety standard.
• He will serve three of probation.
• In addition, the company, Mr. Asphalt
Inc. of Corvallis, entered a guilty plea
to the same violation of 29 U.S.C.
666(e), Violation of Safety Standard
Causing Death of an Employee.
• Romano and his company were
charged after 54-year-old William Irby
Jr. or Corvallis slipped off an oil tank
while taking measurements and fell 15
feet, hitting his head on a concrete
pad.

37. Criminal 2014
• Former Asbestos Removal Trainer
Pleads Guilty to Falsifying
Hundreds of Certifications
• Lachele Rene Thrower, who
worked for an approved asbestos
removal training provider, with
willfully making materially false
statements to the Environmental
Protection Agency over the
course of four years. Thrower
admitted to falsely certifying
between 100 and 150 workers
from May 2010 to August 2014
• Thrower could face up to five
years in prison and a fine of more
than $250,000.
• Sentencing in Feb 2014

38. Criminal 2014
• Two officials of a
Massachusetts drug
maker blamed for a
fungal meningitis
outbreak that killed 64
people in 2012 were
charged Wednesday
with a range of counts
including second-
degree murder, the
U.S. attorney's office
said.

39. 2013
• Franklin “Al” Bieri, 54, of
Lebanon, Ill., was sentenced
in federal court to five months
in prison, followed by three
months of home
confinement.
• Disposed in dumpster with no
bagged or labels
Failed to notify
Environmental Protection
Agency at least 10 working
days prior to beginning the
asbestos work an offense
punishable under the Clean
Air Act.

40. Criminal 2013
• Walter Cardin, former safety
manger to 78 months in
prison for deliberately
falsifying records of
workplace injuries
• “used the false injury reports
to claim bonuses of more
than $2.5 million under the
contract.”
• Located at: Oakdale II FCI
• Release Date: 02/10/2019
Oakdale cell

41. Criminal 2013
• John Prisque, 63 sentenced 70
months for OSHA/EPA crimes.
• Specifically, the Defendant
were found to have illegally
pumped contaminated water
into storm drains and, as a
result, into the Delaware River;
to have unlawfully burned 50-
gallon drums of paint waste in a
cupola and emitted the fumes
from those activities into the
air; and to have attempted to
cover up several work-related
accidents at its facility, one of
which resulted in the death of
an employee.
• The jury also found that the
Defendant engaged in a
conspiracy to commit these
acts—and to impede the
resulting federal investigation—
in order to maximize
productivity and profits at the
Plant.

42. Criminal 2013
• Erasmo Ponce (Orange)
was sentenced to 90 days
and $450,000 restitution.
• The owner of a Brooklyn
tortilla factory where a
worker died last year after
falling into a mixing
machine pleaded guilty on
Tuesday to failing to pay
adequate wages, the state
attorney general’s office
said.

43. Criminal 2013
• Matthew Lawrence Bowman, 41, of
Houston, pleaded guilty to willfully
violating the Occupational Safety and
Health Act (OSH Act) and making a false
statements.
• He was sentenced to serve 12 months in
federal prison and ordered to pay fines
in the amount of $5,000.
• “Mr. Sutter did not die of natural
causes,” said Justice of the Peace
Gillam. “His cause of death was asphyxia
and poisoning due to hydrogen sulfide
inhalation.
• Sutter and Sittig were drivers for PACES
who transported hydrogen sulfide
wastewater—an operation Bowman
personally directed

44. Criminal 2013
• Knight impersonated a high-ranking
OSHA hazardous waste safety
instructor and inspector in order to
collect money from workers who
hoped to work on the cleanup
effort that followed the spill.
• Knight created and used multiple
false federal identifications to
bolster her credibility as an OSHA
employee and to convince
attendees, who were primarily
from the Southeast Asian fishing
community, that she could ensure
them lucrative employment
cleaning the spill.
• In reality, Knight did not have any
connection to OSHA or to the
cleanup effort, nor did she have
training in hazardous waste safety.
Connie M. Knight, previously of Belle
Chasse, La., was sentenced to serve
57 months in prison in New Orleans
federal court for providing fraudulent
hazardous waste safety training in
the wake of the Deepwater Horizon
explosion and spill.
Knight also was ordered to pay victim
restitution in the amount of $25,300.

45. Criminal 2013
• Tree-service owner
charged with
manslaughter of a
child after 14-year-old
fell 50 feet to his death
while using a chainsaw
in a tree.
• Jonathan Harves
Wilkes, 37, of Palatka,
FL turned himself in at
the Sheriff’s Office and
faces a maximum of 30
years in prison.

46. Criminal 2013
• David Hughart, 56,
sentenced on
conspiracy charges.
• Judge Irene Berger
gave Hughart 3½
years in jail and 3
years supervised
release for his part in
alerting miners to
surprise MSHA
inspections.

47. Criminal 2013
• Craig Sanborn owned the
Black Mag plant in
Colebrook, where the 2010
explosion killed 56-year-
old Donald Kendall, of
Colebrook, and 49-year-
oldJesse Kennett, of nearby
Stratford.
• Sanborn, 64, was
sentenced on Nov. 27 by a
superior court judge to five
to 10 years on two counts
of manslaughter, to be
served consecutively, for a
total of 10 to 20 years, and
assessed fines of $10,000

48. Criminal 2013
• Craig Belcher, 37, of
Bluefield, pleaded
guilty in July 2013 to
providing a false
statement,
representation and
certification in a Mine
Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA)
document.
• 21 months in jail

49. Criminal 2013
• Eric Jensen, 37, and Ryan Jensen, 33,
were arrested in the listeria outbreak
investigation that killed 33 people.
• The F.D.A. said Jensen Farms bought the
used processing equipment just before
the outbreak, and it was corroded and
dirty.
• Also, the packing facility floors were
difficult to clean, so pools of water
potentially harboring the bacteria
formed close to the packing equipment,
the agency said.
• Another possible source of
contamination was a truck that
frequently hauled cantaloupe to a cattle
operation and was parked near the
packing house.
• Plead guilty to Misdeamors.
• 6 months homes confinement.
$150,000 restitution.

50. Criminal 2013
• Gorczyca, in December 2015,
pleased no contest to a
slightly reduced charge and is
on probation.
• Pyle's case has not yet gone
to trial.
• Shoddy work by two
electricians led to the death
of a man at a west Houston
hotel swimming pool, police
said.
• Jason Joseph Gorczyca, 35,
and James Ray Pyle, 34, were
charged on Friday with
criminally negligent homicide.
• Officials said the electricians'
work on a pool at the Hilton
Houston Westchase was done
in a "substandard fashion"
and led to the death of Raul
Hernandez.
Raul Hernandez, 27 was electrocuted while saving his mother and brother,
who said they also felt shocks while in the water. Hernandez collapsed as
soon as he got out of the pool and went into cardiac arrest. He was taken
off life support on September 6 and died.

51. Great White Fire
• February 20. 2003
• 4 Station employees, one band
member and 95 others died
• 180 injured
• Club had $1 million in liability policy
limits, the foam insulation company
had $5 million, the property owners
had none, the city had $4 million, and
the state has a cap of $100,000 per
plaintiff.
• December 2003, a grand jury indicted
the club's owners, brothers Jeffrey
and Michael Derderian, and Great
White's former tour manager, Dan
Biechele, on 100 felony counts of
involuntary manslaughter.
• Jeffrey received a suspended
sentence; Michael was sentenced to
serve four years in prison because he
bought the foam. Michael served less
than three years and was released in
2008.
In May 2006, Biechele pled guilty to 100
counts of involuntary manslaughter and was
served under two years in a minimum
security prison

52. Idaho 2000
• Allan Elias, 61, was
ordered to serve 17 years
in Jail
• $6.3M in restitution
• Told workers to clean
cyanide tank without
respirators
• Employee suffered
permanent brain damage
52

53. 1996 Grain Fire
• William J. Kirchner, 54, pleaded
guilty November 28 in federal
court to a charge of making
false stataments on a document
that was required to be
maintained by U.S. Department
of Labor.
1995 - Seward IL
A federal grand jury in Rockford
November 28 indicted Victor A.
Randolph, 42, of Cedar Rapids, a vice
president of Stickle, for obstructing an
OSHA investigation and making a false
document concerning workplace
safety violations that resulted in the
death of Pecatonica Fire Department
Chief Dale Zimmerman during a grain
salvage operation at a corn storage
bin owned by Fasco Mills Co. in
Seward, IL, on Jan. 13, 1996.

54. Imperial Foods – 9/3/91
• 25 workers died in food
processing plant
• Owner locked rear doors to
prevent workers taking
breaks, stealing chicken and
to keep out insects.
Company cited for flies in
6/90 by USDA.
• Emmet Roe – 25 counts of
involuntary manslaughter –
Served 4 ½ years in jail

55. Film Recovery - 1983
• Worker died February 10, 1983 while cleaning
out tank containing sodium cyanide
• Three managers prosecuted by Cook County
States Attorney
• Two received 18 month sentences of
manslaughter.

56. Chicago Magnet Wire - 1983
• Several workers reported being sick from vapors
from wire coating extrusion process
• OSHA overexposure to Phenol and Xylene
• 1989 IL Supreme Court allows five executives to
stand trial for aggravated battery for job-related
injuries to their employees
• 1991 the five were acquitted

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