Businessman approaching iceberg Source: Shutterstock

Still reeling from the pandemic, the last thing our credit union needed was another public health concern. Yet, as summer 2021 wound down, we faced a new challenge – one unrelated to COVID – when our branch in Flat Rock, Mich., was felled by another crisis that consumed the small town and made national news. A gasoline leak from Ford Motor Company's Flat Rock assembly plant resulted in benzene, a known carcinogen present in gasoline, getting into the sewers and creating a noxious and dangerous vapor, threatening both residents and businesses.

Complete your profile to continue reading and get FREE access to CUTimes.com, part of your ALM digital membership.

Your access to unlimited CUTimes.com content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking credit union news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Shared Accounts podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the commercial real estate and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, GlobeSt.com and ThinkAdvisor.com
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.