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OSHA: Imperial Sugar will pay more than $6 million, implement safety and health abatement measures
OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] announced that it has resolved litigation with Imperial Sugar stemming from the February 2008 explosion at the company’s Port Wentworth, Ga., plant and subsequently discovered safety and health violations at the company’s Gramercy, La., facility. “The 2008 explosion took the lives of 14 people and seriously injured dozens of others. Clearly, health and safety must become this company’s top priority,” said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis...Imperial contested the citations and reached settlement agreements in both matters. Under the terms of the settlement agreements, Imperial made no admissions to the allegations asserted by OSHA...