CHAPTER 2--LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES -Section. 60
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIABILITY ACT (F.E.L.A.)
U.S. CODE TITLE 45 – 45 U.S.C. SECTION 51-60
CHAPTER 2--LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES
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Section. 60. Penalty for suppression of voluntary
information incident to accidents; separability
Any contract, rule, regulation, or
device whatsoever, the purpose, intent, or effect of which shall be to prevent
employees of any common carrier from furnishing voluntarily information to a
person in interest as to the facts incident to the injury or death of any
employee, shall be void, and whoever, by threat, intimidation, order, rule,
contract, regulation, or device whatsoever, shall attempt to prevent any person
from furnishing voluntarily such information to a person in interest, or whoever
discharges or otherwise disciplines or attempts to discipline any employee for
furnishing voluntarily such information to a person in interest, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisoned
for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each
offense: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to void any
contract, rule, or regulation with respect to any information contained in the
files of the carrier, or other privileged or confidential reports.
If any provision of this chapter is
declared unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any person or
circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and
the applicability of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not
be affected thereby.
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, Section. 10, as
added Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 685, Section. 3, 53 Stat. 1404.)
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