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Michael Sainato

‘They’re back to making millions’: workers accuse US mill where five died in blast

Part of the Didion Milling plant in Cambria after the explosion in 2017. For Oosterhof and his family things will never be the same.
Part of the Didion Milling plant in Cambria after the explosion in 2017. For Dallas Oosterhof and his family things will never be the same. Photograph: John Hart/AP

Dallas Oosterhof worked at Didion Milling in Cambria, Wisconsin, for 25 years until May 2017, when he was working late finishing paperwork and the mill exploded due to a buildup of combustible dust. Covered in debris, he was able to crawl out with the help of light from a co-worker’s cellphone.

A corn processing company, Didion Milling is currently facing over $2.5m in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha) fines related to workplace deaths and injuries, and a criminal prosecution by the US justice department. A final hearing before the trial in the criminal case is set for Friday.

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