Union Pacific Railroad ordered by US Labor Department to pay more than
$309,000 for violating the Federal Railroad Safety Act
Order is OSHA's third in 13 months against railroad's Pocatello, Idaho, operations

SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that Union Pacific Railroad Co. in Pocatello, Idaho, violated the whistle-blower protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and has ordered the railroad to pay more than $309,000 in back wages, benefits, damages and reasonable attorney's fees to a conductor after determining retaliation for reporting a co-worker's work-related injury.

"This current order follows three other orders issued by the department against Union Pacific Railroad in the past 13 months," said Dean Ikeda, OSHA's regional administrator in Seattle. "OSHA's investigations have found that the railroad continues to retaliate against employees for reporting work-related injuries."

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