All four workers were killed when a faulty valve inside the La Porte plant exposed them to a cloud of deadly chemical gas. The families of four Texans - Crystal Rae Wise, Wade Baker, Robert Tisnado and Gilbert Tisnado - can’t be very impressed with DuPont’s safety credentials. Earlier this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it will classify DuPont as a “severe violator.” The company’s plants will be seeing OSHA inspectors more frequently, because the agency isn’t confident DuPont will keep its workers safe otherwise.Ĭompanies tagged as “severe violators,” according to OSHA, have shown “indifference towards creating a safe and healthy workplace by committing willful or repeated violations, and/or failing to abate known hazards.”ĭoes that sound like a corporation that should be marketing itself as a consultant on “World Class Employee Safety” to other firms? But the consulting service DuPont sells to other firms are worse than useless it can actually make workplaces more dangerous.ĭuPont certainly isn’t looking very “expert” on safety issues after four workers died at its chemical plant in La Porte in November.
The global chemical giant claims to be a leader in workplace safety and earns millions selling its so-called safety “expertise” to other companies. It’s time for DuPont to end its safety charade.
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