June 5, 2013 at 08:33 PM
The Labor Department has reached an out-of-court deal with ex-OSHA official Robert Whitmore to settle his claims against the agency for $820,000, bringing the legal fight to a close in a six-year feud between OSHA and the former official, who has long sharply criticized injury and illness recordkeeping practices and portrayed himself as an agency whistleblower wrongfully fired for speaking out.