"DuPont Plant in New Jersey Cited By OSHA Over Toxic Leak"

"Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials announced Monday that they have cited E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. for 11 alleged violations and proposed $120,300 in fines related to problems found after toxic chemicals leaked from a tanker truck in May and exposed workers to health risks at a Deepwater, N.J., plant that is one of DuPont's largest facilities in the United States.

OSHA continues to investigate another chemical leak that killed four workers at DuPont's facility in La Porte. No citations have been issued in that Nov. 15 accident.

In two of the 11 violations in New Jersey, OSHA alleged that the company had repeatedly failed to perform proper inspections and tests on equipment used in the chemical process based on problems inspectors uncovered there and previously found at other DuPont plants in Beaumont, Texas, and in Belle, W.Va."

Lise Olsen reports for the Houston Chronicle December 1, 2014.