Investigations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) into the 2017 explosion at Didion Millingβs Cambria, Wis., corn mill led to the convictions of two men. We reported on the story in October.
On Oct. 13, a federal jury in Madison, Wis., convicted two current and former Didion Milling officials of workplace safety, environmental, fraud, and obstruction of justice charges following a deadly explosion in 2017 that killed five workers and seriously injured others at a corn mill the company operated in Cambria.
Derrick Clark, Didion Millingβs vice president of operations, was convicted of conspiring to falsify documents, making false Clean Air Act compliance certifications as Didionβs βresponsible official,β and obstructing OSHAβs investigation of the explosion at the corn mill by making false and misleading statements during a deposition.
Shawn Mesner, Didionβs former food safety superintendent, was convicted of participating in a fraud conspiracy against Didion Millingβs customers and conspiring to obstruct and mislead OSHA for his role in falsifying sanitation records used at Didion to track the completion of cleanings designed to remove accumulations of corn dust at the mill.
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Didion Milling Officials Found Guilty in Deadly Explosion Case