OSHA finds Union Pacific Railroad disciplined a locomotive engineer for reporting a workplace injury. Union Pacific Railroad fosters a “culture of retaliation,” according to OSHA, and owes a whistleblowing injured worker $350,000 in damages. According to the agency, which handles complaints from workers in a number of industries through the Whistleblower Protection Program http://www.whistleblowers.gov ,
Read more →Congress directed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to analyze the operational, safety, health, and fatigue impacts of the restart provisions.
Read more →The British Safety Council has written to six of the main political parties in advance of the May 7 general election to find out more about their plans, if elected, for worker health and safety. In the United States, it is pretty rare to discover that presidential candidates have included occupational health and safety as
Read more →Dominion Cove Point will pay a civil penalty to settle allegations that it released ammonia into the air without reporting it. Dominion Cove Point LNG will pay $365,000 to settle allegations that it released ammonia into the air from its liquefied natural gas distribution facility in Lusby, Md without reporting it. The EPA cited Dominion
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