Railway Company Ordered to Pay Worker $85,000 in Retaliation Case

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered a Massachusetts railway company to pay $85,000 to a worker who was subjected to retaliation after reporting an injury. Springfield Terminal Railway Inc. must pay the worker $10,000 in compensatory damages, $75,000 in punitive damages, and attorney’s fees. An OSHA investigation determined that Springfield Terminal Railway violated the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act when the company notified the employee of a mandatory hearing one day after he sustained and reported an on-the-job injury at the...