Weyerhaeuser fires plant, safety managers for recordkeeping abuses: how did an application to...

When Weyerhaeuser vice president Don Berry announced late last year he was promoting plant manager Len Komori to be a general manager, the first reason Berry gave was, "Len's plants consistently display a strong safety culture and achieve business-leading safety performance."

Less than a year later, following an expose published on Occupational Hazards.com, the company announced it had discharged Komori for failing to record 38 injuries and illnesses at the Buckhannon, W.Va. plant he managed until his promotion Dec. 1, 2003. Weyerhaeuser also fired the safety manager o