Manufacturing Company Sued by DOL Over Worker Safety Retaliation

A Pennsylvania company that provides manufacturing and support services unlawfully fired a worker after he made safety complaints, the US Labor Department alleged in a new lawsuit.

In 2019, Frank Jaslow told his supervisor he couldn’t safely perform a stocking task while maintaining three points of contact on a ladder, the DOL said in a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. OSHA rules require three points of contact to manage a ladder safely, the agency said.

Jaslow was fired four days later for allegedly refusing to complete a job task, the lawsuit ...