A federal investigation would eventually cite Napp for a bevy of safety violations and issue a conspicuously modest fine of $127,000. Prosecutors considered bringing manslaughter charges but opted not to in the end. One longtime Purdue Frederick employee, Winthrop Lange, said at the time that Napp should not have made the transition to manufacturing chemicals for other companies on a contract basis, because it didn’t have “the facilities or the technical people to do custom blending.”
