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Whistleblowers could collect $500K in tanker pollution case

23 May 2024

Two whistleblower crewmembers could be awarded up to $500,000, if a plea deal filed in New Orleans federal court yesterday is approved by the court. Two related companies that operated the motor tanker PS Dream – Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret – pleaded guilty to conspiracy, knowingly violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice related to the falsification of the tanker’s Oil Record Book, which is a required log.

The guilty...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/compliance/whistleblowers-could-collect-500k-in-tanker-pollution-case/

OSHA orders carrier to reinstate driver after raising safety concerns

18 July 2020

OSHA orders JHOS Logistics and Transportation to rehire, pay driver $220,000

A California trucking company has been ordered to pay and reinstate a former truck driver it allegedly fired for raising safety concerns about hauling overweight loads.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said Wednesday it has ordered JHOS Logistics and Transportation Inc. (JHOS) of Wilmington, California, to rehire and pay the driver, considered a whistleblower, more than $190,000 in back wages, $25,000 in punitive damages and $5,000 in...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/osha-orders-carrier-to-reinstate-driver-after-raising-safety-concerns

Bouchard Transportation must compensate whistleblower, OSHA says

10 January 2020

A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc., Melville, N.Y., and its officers violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Seaman’s Protection Act (SPA) when it retaliated against a seaman who cooperated with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program investigators concluded that the company’s actions constituted retaliation against the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/bouchard-transportation-must-compensate-whistleblower-osha-says/