U.S. Labor Dept Sues PA Manufacturer for Alleged Firing Over Safety Concerns

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed suit against a York, Pennsylvania, manufacturing company alleging the company wrongly terminated an employee who raised safety concerns when directed to use a ladder to move stock items when they believed a forklift would be safer.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the action follows an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that determined Red Lion Controls Inc. violated the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act by firing the employee for refusing to use a ladder to complete the task.

Read more at Insurance Journal.