Alcoa pleads guilty to safety breach after workplace death
MADISON, Wis. -- An Alcoa employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to safety violations after a fatal workplace accident.
Christopher R. Poulton Jr., 45, pleaded guilty to one count of failure to prevent injury and one count of endangering another person.
Poulton faces up to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge Michael Segarra, of Madison, at the Madison County Correctional Center.
Madison Police Chief Rick Jeter said the company acknowledged Poulton had been intoxicated prior to the crash but that they did not recommend suspension of his employment until the case was resolved.
Jeter said Poulton was taken off life support last week and that the court did not take into account that the state's investigation shows he was not impaired. He said that the investigation also showed that no other problems with Poulton's workplace were found.
Poulton has been suspended without pay while the charges are pending.
Jeter said the company was in the process of revoking Poulton's job and was not doing any investigation after the crash.
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