A Wisconsin company will pay out more money and make “extensive safety improvements” after a 2017 explosion that killed five workers and injured more than a dozen others.
Part of the Didion Milling plant in Cambria lies in ruins following an explosion in 2017 that killed five workers and injured more than a dozen others. The company is paying out millions of dollars in damages and fines while some company leaders await sentencing for criminal acts related to the disaster.
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A monument at Didion Milling in Cambria displays, on a bronze plaque, the names of the five employees who lost their lives as a result of the explosion at the mill on May 31, 2017.
Photos: Grim scene at site of corn plant explosion in Cambria
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Aerial view of the Didion Milling Plant in Cambria, Wis. Thursday, June 1, 2017. At least one worker was killed and two others were missing following an overnight blast that also injured a dozen others. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Rescue personnel work at the scene of an explosion at Didion Milling Plant in the Village of Cambria, Wis., Thursday afternoon, June 1, 2017. The explosion killed at least one employee and injured about a dozen others with two currently missing. M.P. KING, STATE JOURNAL
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Aerial view of the Didion Milling Plant in Cambria, Wis. Thursday, June 1, 2017. At least one worker was killed and two others were missing following an overnight blast that also injured a dozen others. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Aerial view of the Didion Milling Plant in Cambria, Wis. Thursday, June 1, 2017. At least one worker was killed and two others were missing following an overnight blast that also injured a dozen others. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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An American flag flies in the Village of Cambria, Wis., after an explosion at the Didion Milling Plant, background, killed at least one employee and injured about a dozen others, shown Thursday, June 1, 2017. M.P. KING, STATE JOURNAL
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A pair of Didion Milling Plant workers, who declined to be identified, view the aftermath of an overnight explosion that killed at least one person and injured more than a dozen at the facility in Cambria, Wis. Thursday, June 1, 2017. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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A digital sign board at the Cambria-Friesland Elementary, Middle and High School displays a message of support for the community after an explosion at the Didion Milling Plant killed at least one employee and injured about a dozen others in the Village of Cambria, Wis., Thursday, June 1, 2017. M.P. KING, STATE JOURNAL
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An advertisement for Didion is seen on the left field fence on a baseball field in a park in the Village of Cambria, Wis., Thursday, June 1, 2017. An explosion at the nearby Didion Milling Plant killed at least one employee and injured about a dozen others with two currently missing. M.P. KING, STATE JOURNAL
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At least one person was killed and more than a dozen were injured in an explosion and fire at Didion Milling in Cambria on Wednesday around 11 p.m., authorities reported.
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At least one person was killed and more than a dozen were injured in an explosion and fire at Didion Milling in Cambria May 31, authorities reported.
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At least one person was killed and more than a dozen were injured in an explosion and fire at Didion Milling in Cambria on Wednesday around 11 p.m., authorities reported.
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At least one person was killed and more than a dozen were injured in an explosion and fire at Didion Milling in Cambria on Wednesday around 11 p.m., authorities reported.
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At least one person was killed and more than a dozen were injured in an explosion and fire at Didion Milling in Cambria May 31, authorities reported.
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The sheriff in Columbia County said that the blast was reported around 11 p.m. Wednesday at the Didion Milling Plant in Cambria.
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The rubble of a corn mill plant following an explosion is seen, June 1, in Cambria, Wisconsin.
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The Didion Milling Plant is seen after an explosion killed at least one employee and injured about a dozen others with two currently missing in the Village of Cambria, Wis., Thursday, June 1, 2017. M.P. KING, STATE JOURNAL
