A milling company has agreed to plead guilty to falsifying records at a Wisconsin plant that exploded six years ago, killing five workers.
MADISON, Wis. — A milling company has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that employees at a Wisconsin corn plant falsified records in the years leading up to a fatal corn dust explosion.
The company also has agreed to a five-year “organizational probation” and must allow federal inspectors to visit the mill without advance notice up to twice a year.Didion last year on nine counts, including falsifying records, fraud and conspiracy. According to court documents, Didion shift employees and supervisors knowingly falsified logbooks inspectors use to determine whether the plant was handling corn dust safely and complying with dust-cleaning rules from 2015 until May 2017.
A Didion spokesperson didn’t immediate respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment on the plea deal.
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