Company Charged with Fraud and Conspiracy in Connection to Deadly Corn Plant Explosion

A federal grand jury has charged a milling company with fraud and conspiracy in connection with an explosion at a Wisconsin corn plant that killed five workers in 2017, the Justice Department announced Friday.

The grand jury returned an indictment earlier this week against Didion Milling Inc. and company leaders, court records indicate.

The indictment alleges that between March 2013 and February 2018, the company failed to keep up with cleanings at the Cambria plant as required by federal regulations and falsified records to make it look as if the cleanings were completed.

The indictment, which alleges that Didion’s safety violations caused the five employees’ deaths, goes on to say that dust filters in the plant weren’t properly ventilated.

The indictment seeks all of the profits Didion has made off of the alleged conspiracy.

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remind me before i walk down between the rows to weed. any particular type of plant? white sweet? thats my favorite. you sure a corn plant can explode?

jirqoadai wrote:remind me before i walk down between the rows to weed. any particular type of plant? white sweet? thats my favorite. you sure a corn plant can explode?

Seriously? Not the plant. The mills from the corn dust, which is combustible.

Elizabeth Theus wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:remind me before i walk down between the rows to weed. any particular type of plant? white sweet? thats my favorite. you sure a corn plant can explode?

Seriously?  Not the plant.  The mills from the corn dust, which is combustible.

oh......thank God. i was begining to get afraid of breaking off an ear. whew. what a relief.

We had a fertilizer plant explode in West, TX a few years ago.   I heard it from 55 miles away.  Considering how much fuel we get out of corn, I bet that explosion was huge.

jirqoadai wrote:remind me before i walk down between the rows to weed. any particular type of plant? white sweet? thats my favorite. you sure a corn plant can explode?

Anything that produces dust can explode. Corn plant, rice mill, sugar mill.
Even coffee creamer dust. Used to play arou d with that.

7 more in 10 days.

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