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(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 15, 2013)

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway has agreed to change policies that federal officials say discouraged workers from reporting injuries and safety violations.

As part of the deal announced Tuesday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, BNSF will make settlement offers in 36 cases involving employees who filed whistleblower complaints alleging they were harmed by company policies.

Full story: Fort Worth Star-Telegram