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Minn. Stat. § 609.849

RAILROAD THAT OBSTRUCTS TREATMENT OF INJURED WORKER.

Known as the Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 609.01–609.912 (377 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Secretary, United States Department of Labor (2015)

Most recently applied in Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Secretary, United States Department of Labor (January 2015)

2005 c 136 art 17 s 50; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 116

(a) It shall be unlawful for a railroad or person employed by a railroad to intentionally:

(1) deny, delay, or interfere with medical treatment or first aid treatment to an employee of a railroad who has been injured during employment; or

(2) discipline, harass, or intimidate an employee to discourage the employee from receiving medical attention or threaten to discipline an employee who has been injured during employment for requesting medical treatment or first aid treatment.

(b) Nothing in this section shall deny a railroad company or railroad employee from making a reasonable inquiry of an injured employee about the circumstance of an injury in order to gather information necessary to identify a safety hazard.

(c) It is not a violation under this section for a railroad company or railroad employee to enforce safety regulations.

(d) A railroad or a person convicted of a violation of paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $1,000 but is not subject to an incarcerative sanction.

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.