December 29, 2011 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, December 20, 2011) SEATTLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific Railroad Co. to immediately reinstate an employee in Idaho who...
August 31, 2011 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Tri City Herald, August 19, 2011) KENNEWICK, Wash. — BNSF Railway has been ordered by OSHA to pay more than $300,000 for retaliating against an employee because of a work-related injury. Full story: Tri City Herald
August 31, 2011 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: US. Department of Labor press release, August 25, 2011) OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Union Pacific Railroad Co., headquartered in Omaha, to pay a total of $400,000 in punitive damages, $90,315 in compensatory damages, $34,900 in...
August 18, 2011 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: BMWED press release, August 17, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On August 8, 2011, the Regional Administrator of Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 4 issued an order requiring Norfolk Southern railroad to pay $20,000 in compensatory damages,...
August 12, 2011 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 10, 2011) BOSTON, Mass. — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that the Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. discriminated against an...
August 12, 2011 | Headlines, NS, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, August 9, 2011) GREENSBORO, N.C. — Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to pay a former employee $122,199 in compensatory...
May 21, 2010 | CSX, Headlines, Whistleblower
(The following story by Eric Anderson appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on May 20, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation faces $5,000 in punitive damages it must pay an employee after federal investigators say it took retaliatory action against him...
April 8, 2010 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(The following story by Mike Frassinelli appeared on The Star-Ledger website on April 7, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. — Tony Araujo couldn’t sleep the night after he watched the contractor burn to death at work. The New Jersey Transit conductor flagman said he wanted to return...
March 15, 2010 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(The following appeared on the Occupational Health & Safety website on March 15, 2010.) NEW YORK — A whistleblower investigation by OSHA has found that The Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. of New York and New Jersey violated the rights of an employee when it...
August 17, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(The following appeared on the CCH website on August 16, 2009.) CHICAGO — Whistleblower investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have found that the Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. retaliated against...
