Michigan Company Owner First to be Held
Criminally Responsible for Employee Death

The first criminal case in Michigan history where an owner was held criminally responsible for a workplace fatality has come to a close with the sentencing of Edmond D. Woods and his company, Midland Environmental Services Inc. Woods and Midland Environmental Services entered guilty pleas Nov. 1 in Michigan's Gladwin County Circuit Court in connection with the 1994 fatality of employee Mickiel Rennenberg. This week, their sentences were handed down by the Gladwin County Circuit Court. Woods received five year's probation, was ordered to pay the full statutory fine of $17,500, and received 200 hours of community service. The corporation also was required to pay the full fine of $17,500, for a combined total of $35,000.


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