We Were Coming That Week
Fifty-four violations on file, forty-one-five in fines, a site visit circled on the calendar. Eleven workers were dead before the inspector arrived.
Source article: Washington mill faced 54 environmental violations before fatal tank collapse.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- accident and emergency incident, environment, industrial accident and incident, labour, disaster
- Primary entities
- Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co., Longview, Washington, Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
- Themes
- workplace safety, regulatory enforcement, industrial accidents, chemical exposure
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Equality & fairness, Accountability of power