April 15, 2015 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, April 13, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined that management of the Union Pacific Railroad added insult to...
March 18, 2015 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, March 17, 2015) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — For the third time since 2011, the Union Pacific Railroad has violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act at its yard in North...
December 16, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Associated Press, December 16, 2014) HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Labor Department has ordered the Metro-North Railroad to pay a record fine for taking disciplinary action against an employee who reported getting injured on the job. The department said Tuesday...
December 16, 2014 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Associated Press, December 16, 2014) HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Labor Department has ordered the Metro-North Railroad to pay a record fine for taking disciplinary action against an employee who reported getting injured on the job. The department said Tuesday...
December 11, 2014 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, December 6, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday the Administrative Review Board has upheld that Union Pacific must reinstate a worker dismissed after reporting a workplace injury. Full story:...
December 11, 2014 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, December 6, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday the Administrative Review Board has upheld that Union Pacific must reinstate a worker dismissed after reporting a workplace injury. Full story:...
October 29, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, October 28, 2014) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — BNSF Railway Co. has been found in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act* by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA’s...
October 29, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, October 15, 2014) KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC wrongfully terminated an employee in Kansas City after he reported an injury to his left shoulder, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
October 6, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, October 1, 2014) DENVER, Colo. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC retaliated against a Mandan, North Dakota, worker in December 2013 after he reported a work-related injury and submitted a physician’s treatment...
September 3, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, September 2, 2014) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — BNSF Railway Co. has been found in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for...
