Federal prosecutors say a chemical company has been ordered to pay $16 million and sentenced to two years of probation for its role in a poisonous gas leak that killed four workers.
– A chemical company was ordered to pay $16 million and sentenced to two years of probation for its role inat a Houston-area plant nearly a decade ago, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
“The sentence imposed today sends a clear message of my office’s dedication to holding managers at industrial facilities, and the corporations that own and operate those facilities, accountable for violations of ... laws meant to protect the safety of workers and nearby communities,” Hamdani said. “We are committed to the highest safety standards, and safety is a core value,” Indianapolis-based Corteva said in a statement.
The chemical began leaking from a valve around 4 a.m. on Nov. 15, 2014, in a unit at the plant in La Porte, about 20 miles east of Houston. Crystle Wise, Wade Baker and brothers Robert and Gilbert Tisnado were killed. A fifth worker was injured.
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