More than eights years after four people died at its chemical plant, DuPont admitted its...
Four workers died at DuPont's chemical plant in La Porte after being exposed to a chemical called methyl mercaptan. Federal and state officials have launched an investigation. Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, in La Porte. in connection to a 2014 chemical leak that killed four of its employees in a La Porte chemical plant., was also sentenced to spend a year on probation, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.
The company and Sandel initially pleaded not guilty to the charges. As part of the pleas, DuPont and Sandel admitted to negligently releasing an extremely hazardous substance into the air and acknowledged negligently placing people in imminent danger of death or injury in violation of the federal Clean Air Act.
During the interviews, Sandel acknowledged he violated safety procedures and that he should have known about the violations and prevented them. The U.S. Attorney's Office said that Sandel's admission was a key factor in convincing DuPont to enter a guilty plea on a misdemeanor charge.
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