Dangerous Business: Failures of Regulation--Deaths on the Job, Slaps... David Barstow and Lowell Bergman.
by Barstow, David; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 42Business. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Corporations -- Corrupt practices | Foundries | Foundry workers | Hazardous occupations | Industrial accidents | Industrial safety | McWane Inc | Occupational mortality | Punishment | United States Occupational Safety and Health AdmDDC classification: 050 Summary: "After all the search warrants, witness interviews and forensic tests, a team of veteran prosecutors and investigators came to an overwhelming conclusion about the death of Frank Wagner. The industrial explosion that killed him, they agreed, was the result of reckless criminal conduct by his employer, McWane Inc., the Alabama conglomerate that owns a cast-iron foundry here in upstate New York." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines worker deaths at McWane Inc. factory locations and suggests that "McWane is one of the most enduring violators of worker-safety and environmental laws."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Dangerous Business: Failures of Regulation--Deaths on the Job, Slaps.., Jan. 10, 2003; pp. A1+.
"After all the search warrants, witness interviews and forensic tests, a team of veteran prosecutors and investigators came to an overwhelming conclusion about the death of Frank Wagner. The industrial explosion that killed him, they agreed, was the result of reckless criminal conduct by his employer, McWane Inc., the Alabama conglomerate that owns a cast-iron foundry here in upstate New York." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines worker deaths at McWane Inc. factory locations and suggests that "McWane is one of the most enduring violators of worker-safety and environmental laws."
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