SeaWorld Seeks Probe of OSHA Inspector Aiding Filmmakers
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SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. accused a federal workplace inspector of leaking confidential information to one of the producers of a film critical of the company’s handling of killer whales at its theme parks.
SeaWorld, based in Orlando, Florida, asked the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General to investigate Lara Padgett, a compliance officer for the Occupational Safety and Health Commission in Tampa, according to a copy of a letter dated yesterday. The company is challenging in federal court OSHA restrictions on trainers’ contact with orcas after one employee was killed during a show in 2010.