DeBruce Grain, Inc., owner of a Haysville, Kan., grain storage facility that exploded in June 1998, killing seven workers and injuring 10 others, agreed to pay $685,000 as part of a settlement of citations issued by Fed-OSHA.The agency alleged 25 willful violations of the federal grain handling standard and proposed penalties of $1.7 million. Then-Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman commented at the time that it was "unforgivable that DeBruce officials would so callously disregard federa
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