Department of Labor seeks back wages, damages from US Postal Service for allegedly firing a worker who raised safety concerns
From the article: "The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against the U.S. Postal Service and two of its managers for wrongly terminating a contracted employee who raised safety concerns about loading dock equipment at the Charleroi Post Office. ...the action follows an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that determined the U.S. Postal Service violated the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act by firing a worker who refused to unload bulk mail because of a broken loading dock lift at its Pittsburgh sorting facility.
OSHA investigators learned the worker − an employee of Red Diamond Trucking Co. Inc., a Mc Kees Rocks, Pennsylvania, company contracted by the USPS − was prevented from using small hampers to transport the mail safely because of the broken lift, which had almost injured the worker previously.
Aware of the unsafe conditions, the worker asked to use smaller mail hampers to transfer the mail. In response, USPS ..."
Article Reference: www.dol.gov
