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Federal OSHA citations asserted Federated Weiner Metals failed to: provide medical examinations to five employees with excessively high lead blood levels, despite the recommendations of a company physician; told a physician examining employees at the plant that the level of lead there did not exceed federal exposure limits when, in fact, it was 30 times higher; failed to remove four employees with high levels of lead in their blood from work in areas of high exposure; and failed to put proper safety guards on equipment. (Date below is approximate.)
District Attorney Ira Reiner; Special Assistant Jan Chatten-Brown
Chemical Exposure
Los Angeles
California
January 1, 1989
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| First | Last | Age | Title | Employer | Injury Type |
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| Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Federated Weiner Metals | Injury |
| Name | Type | Title | Plea Information | Conviction Sentence |
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| Michael Baker | Individual | President | Unavailable | Unavailable |
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Penal Crimes Charged
Unavailble |
Other Crimes Charged
Misdemeanor Code of Regulations violations for failing to limit lead exposure |
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| David Haller | Individual | Plant Manager | Unavailable | Charges dismissed in exchange for testimony against Michael Baker. |
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Penal Crimes Charged
Unavailable |
Other Crimes Charged
Unavailable |
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| Federated Weiner Metals | Entity | Entity | Pleaded no contest to 32 misdemeanor criminal charges and agreed to pay $200,000 to finance an occupational lead screening program and $25,000 in fines | Avoided criminal trial by paying $25,000 in penalties and fines and contributing $200,000 to finance a new occupational lead-screening program in Los Angeles County. |
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Penal Crimes Charged
Unspecified misdemeanor offenses (32 counts) |
Other Crimes Charged
Unavailable |
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