Retaliation by the Union Pacific Railroad Company against whistleblowing employees who complained about safety issues is the latest in a series of similar cases involving U.S. railway companies, according to OSHA records.
Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has been ordered by OSHA to pay a former employee $122,199 in compensatory and punitive damages as well as reasonable attorney's fees. The company violated the employee's rights under the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act by terminating the employee for reporting an on-the-job injury in 2009.