Railway Hit with $800,000 in Penalties for Firing Injured Workers

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to pay three whistleblowers more than $800,000, according to a news release.The company violated whistleblower protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act, the release said, when executives fired three workers in unrelated incidents in 2009 and 2010."Firing workers for reporting an injury is not only illegal, it also endangers all workers. When workers are discouraged from reporting injuries, no investigation into the cause of an injury can occur," said ...