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More than 200 whistleblower complaints against railroad since 2001<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"osha-logo_web\"NORTH PLATTE, Neb. \u2013 For the third time since 2011, the Union Pacific Railroad has violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act<\/a> at its yard in North Platte by disciplining employees who reported workplace injuries and sought medical attention, the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. Since 2001, the company has faced more than 200 whistleblower complaints nationwide.<\/p>\n

In the most recent case, OSHA investigators determined that Union Pacific disciplined a 35-year-employee after the locomotive freight engineer reported injuries sustained in a Dec. 22, 2013, collision and received medical attention. The company has been ordered to pay the engineer $350,000 in punitive and compensatory damages and reasonable attorney\u2019s fees, remove disciplinary information from the employee\u2019s personnel record and provide information about whistleblower rights to all its employees. Prior to this incident, the employee had never been disciplined.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is disheartening that this employee, a loyal railroad worker for 35 years, faced disciplinary action because he sought needed medical attention for a work-related injury. Union Pacific\u2019s actions and the repeated complaints filed by their employees are indicative of a culture that doesn\u2019t show that same loyalty to their workers or concern for their safety,\u201d said Marcia P. Drumm, OSHA\u2019s regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo. \u201cWhistleblower protections play an important role in keeping workplaces safe. It is not only illegal to discipline an employee for reporting an injury and seeking medical attention, it puts everyone at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any of the parties in this case can file an appeal with the department\u2019s Office of Administrative Law Judges.<\/p>\n

Based in Omaha, Union Pacific Corporation is one of America\u2019s leading transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, is North America\u2019s premier railroad franchise, in 23 states across the western two-thirds of the United States. It has 47,000 employees and operates 8,000 locomotives over 32,000 route miles.<\/p>\n

OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of the FRSA and 21 other statutes<\/a> protecting employees who report violations of various airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health care reform, nuclear, pipeline, worker safety, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime and securities laws.<\/p>\n

Employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees who raise various protected concerns or provide protected information to the employer or to the government. Employees who believe that they have been retaliated against for engaging in protected conduct may file a complaint<\/a> with the secretary of labor to request an investigation by OSHA\u2019s Whistleblower Protection Program. Detailed information on employee whistleblower rights, including fact sheets, is available at http:\/\/www.whistleblowers.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA\u2019s role is to ensure these conditions for America\u2019s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 200 whistleblower complaints against railroad since 2001 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. \u2013 For the third time since 2011, the Union Pacific Railroad has violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act at its yard in North Platte by disciplining employees who reported workplace injuries and sought medical attention, the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Safety and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":20282,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[385,1802,1804,270,185,280,497],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUP again violates Federal Railroad Safety Act - SMART Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/up-again-violates-federal-railroad-safety-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UP again violates Federal Railroad Safety Act - 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