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Sedalia company fined, ordered to reinstate technician

OshaKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Sedalia-based trucking company was fined and ordered to reinstate an employee who was fired after he reported a work-related injury.

OSHA announced the action Wednesday against RCL Wiring LP, also known as Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company.

The agency determined the employee was harassed and disciplined after he reported an injury in February 2014. OSHA said in a news released the company fired the employee in June 2014, claiming he made harassing and threatening statements.

The company must pay the employee $332,469, remove disciplinary information from his personnel record and provide information about whistleblower rights to its employees. Before his firing, the employee had never been disciplined.

A phone call to the company seeking comment was not returned.

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