Long Island Barge Company Agrees To Pay Fine To Whistleblowe

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A Long Island barge company will pay $375,000 to a whistleblower who was fired for telling authorities about safety concerns. The whistleblower’s brother was killed because of those safety concerns.
The Melville-based Bouchard Transportation settled with the U.S. Department of Labor after a sailor came forward to say his brother was killed in an explosion because of safety violations aboard a petroleum barge. A second sailor was also killed.
Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said they found serious safety concerns with the vessel. The blast, which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017, dumped 2,000 barrels of oil and caused $5 million in clean up costs.

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