Barstow, David,
Dangerous Business: A Workplace in Turmoil--At a Texas Foundry.... David Barstow and Lowell Bergman. - New York Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 42, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Dangerous Business: A Workplace in Turmoil--At a Texas Foundry..., Jan. 8, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Since 1995, at least 4,600 injuries have been recorded in McWane foundries, many hundreds of them serious ones, company documents show. Nine workers...have been killed. McWane plants, which employ about 5,000 workers have been cited for more than 400 federal health and safety violations, far more than their six major competitors combined." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the hazards that can occur when "safety programs, environmental controls, even the smallest federally mandated precautions...has been subordinated to production, to the commandment to keep the pipe rolling off the line."
1522-3191;
McWane Inc.
Corporations--Corrupt practices
Foundries
Foundry workers
Hazardous occupations
Industrial accidents
Industrial safety
Occupational mortality
Texas
AC1.S5
050
Dangerous Business: A Workplace in Turmoil--At a Texas Foundry.... David Barstow and Lowell Bergman. - New York Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 42, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Dangerous Business: A Workplace in Turmoil--At a Texas Foundry..., Jan. 8, 2003; pp. A1+.
"Since 1995, at least 4,600 injuries have been recorded in McWane foundries, many hundreds of them serious ones, company documents show. Nine workers...have been killed. McWane plants, which employ about 5,000 workers have been cited for more than 400 federal health and safety violations, far more than their six major competitors combined." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the hazards that can occur when "safety programs, environmental controls, even the smallest federally mandated precautions...has been subordinated to production, to the commandment to keep the pipe rolling off the line."
1522-3191;
McWane Inc.
Corporations--Corrupt practices
Foundries
Foundry workers
Hazardous occupations
Industrial accidents
Industrial safety
Occupational mortality
Texas
AC1.S5
050