Norfolk Southern fires worker for reporting injury
Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has once again been found guilty of retaliating against a worker who reported a work-related injury – which is creating a chilling effect in the railroad industry, according to OSHA.
In the company’s latest violation of the whistleblower protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act, a Chattanooga-based employee reported an injury when he hit his hard hat against a horizontal support beam. After conducting an investigative hearing, the railroad charged the employee with falsifying his injury and subsequently terminated him.