"Those 231 who worked in Stevenson Hall during a two-year period ending in 2015 will split about a quarter of the penalty—or about $3,100 each—allotted last week by Judge Nancy Shaffer. State workplace enforcement and training regulators will get the rest."

KRCB reported on the case this spring, after whistleblower Thomas Sargent, a former environmental health and safety specialist, was awarded a $387,000 settlement over claims he was harassed and forced to quit his job at SSU after complaining about asbestos contamination. 

Here's that report:

 

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