Delaware Salvage Yard Company Settles Federal Whistleblower Case

Donovan Salvage Works has agreed to pay $40,000 in back wages and damages after a whistleblower investigation found the company fired a smelter operator for reporting safety concerns at a Delaware salvage yard, according to the US Department of Labor Wednesday.

The company allegedly wrongly terminated the employee for contacting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about a smelter leaking propane, the department said. After initially informing his supervisor of the leak, the employee allegedly was told to go home and that he wouldn’t be paid for the remainder of the day after he refused to keep working like ...