Hard Lessons From A Grisly Accident

Following the horrific death of an employee, a major food producer agreed to pay $6 million in a criminal settlement, the largest of its kind in California history. The company had previously been cited for safety violations on the same machinery that was the site of the accident. In a Today’s General Counsel article, attorney Todd R. Wulffson from the Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger firm looks at what happened, how it happened and what lessons can be drawn from it. Among them, that health and safety information must be conveyed to a multi-lingual workforce in a manner and in a language that will be clearly understood.