The Mcwane Incident

The McWane story was a very unfortunate series of events that were caused by company negligence. I believe the company decided to make a turn around only because they started to see the negative consequences that were going to happen to them if they did not do so. McWane industries seemed to care little about their employees and the environment in the past and only care now because of liability reasons. They should have made changes before the first incident even occurred. I do believe that they have changed their ways now. They now are more concerned with the consequences of their actions. Regardless of the reason, they are providing a safer environment now and therefore deserve to be operational. I was baffled how McWane found workers who
They had been violating the clean air act and clean water act. Companies are required to ensure proper disposal of waste. McWane was illegally discharging pollution into Village Creek and the Delaware River. They were taking the easy way to get rid of waste because their holding tanks kept becoming too full for the amount they were producing. Instead of waiting for the cleaning process and stopping production they continued to pollute the environment. McWane industries violated the clean air act by releasing heavy levels of pollution into the air. They were aware of the illegal activities they were participating in but continued to do so. McWane only cared and decided to change once they got caught. It is outrageous to me that they got away with these violations for as long as they did. In my opinion their needs to be stricter enforcement against companies like McWane
In congress enforcing programs is a less popular action. The public also is not pushing for stricter laws on the matter. The incidence that had occurred were declared accidents so harder state felony charges could not be filed. In believe this is an issue more people need to be made aware about. It seems the only people who care are the victims who are involved. I believe workers compensation laws also protected McWane industries. In the incidence that occurred with McWane there was contributory negligence, assumption of risk and the fellow servant rule involved. The employees were aware of the hazardous conditions they were working in but continued to do so. Also the injuries were partially their fault. I believe that is why McWane could not be charged