![]() Minerals have sacrificed worker safety for profit. “Throughout Montana’s long history with mining, operators like U.S. Sentencing in the criminal case was set for Dec. Minerals will accept all citations as issued and pay the penalty as assessed. Minerals also has agreed to resolve a related civil case brought by OSHA, alleging 19 serious health and safety violations with a total penalty of $106,800. Minerals’ facilities throughout the United States and a medical monitoring program for current and former employees who have been exposed to elevated levels of arsenic during their work at the Anaconda plant, which has ceased operations. Minerals will implement a nationwide environmental health and safety plan that applies to all of U.S. The agreement recommends probationary conditions in which U.S. Minerals will jointly recommend to the Court that the company be placed on probation for five years and pay a $393,200 fine. ![]() ![]() Under the terms of a plea agreement in the criminal case, the government and U.S. The corporation faces a maximum penalty of five years of probation and a fine as determined through statute. Minerals pleaded guilty to one count of negligent endangerment, a misdemeanor, under the Clean Air Act as charged in a criminal information. Minerals has agreed to settle a related civil case regarding violations brought by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Minerals, Inc., a corporation accused of exposing employees to elevated levels of arsenic at its Anaconda facility, today admitted violating the Clean Air Act, said Acting U.S.
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