OSHA: New York-Based Petroleum Carrier Pays $375K to Seaman Fired for Cooperating With Barge Explosion Investigation
April 02, 2021
April 02, 2021
NEW YORK, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on April 1, 2021:
A Long Island-based petroleum barge company and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to the brother of one of two seamen killed in a barge explosion off the coast of Texas. The seaman alleged the company fired him for cooperating with investigators and reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coa . . .
A Long Island-based petroleum barge company and three former and current management officials have paid $375,000 in restitution to the brother of one of two seamen killed in a barge explosion off the coast of Texas. The seaman alleged the company fired him for cooperating with investigators and reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coa . . .