SAVANNAH, Ga. – Imperial Sugar has agreed to pay more than $6 million in fines for safety violations at two of its U.S. plants, including the Georgia refinery where a dust explosion killed 14 workers in 2008.
Federal regulators announced the settlement Wednesday after nearly two years of wrangling with the Texas-based company as it contested penalties first proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA had sought to fine Imperial Sugar $8.7 million.
The settlement includes more than $4 million in fines for 124 safety violations at Imperial Sugar's plant near Savannah, where the explosion was caused by sugar dust igniting like gunpowder.
The company agreed to another $2 million for 97 violations OSHA later found at its plant in Gramercy, La.
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