| Document ID (ISN) | 45152 |
| CIS number |
85-2087 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0009-2347 - Chemical and Engineering News |
| Year |
1985 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ember L. |
| Title |
Workplace murder conviction may spur similar prosecutions |
| Bibliographic information |
July 8, 1985, Vol.63, No.27, p.24-25. |
| Abstract |
Brief comments by a number of lawyers on the consequences of the recent murder conviction of 3 managers who allowed an employee to be exposed to fatal levels of cyanide. The case has certain parallels with the Minamata incident in Japan: in the 1970s, managers of a Japanese vinyl chloride plant were convicted of manslaughter for polluting local waters with mercury compounds that poisoned many people. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
dangerous substances; responsibilities of employers; recovery of substances; fatalities; criminal liability; cyanides |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; penalties; Japan |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Administration, legislation
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Criminal liability in OSH
Inorganic substances
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