Federal safety officials have ordered a large asphalt paving supplier and contractor in West Virginia and Tennessee to reinstate a low-boy trailer driver and provide $185,000 in back pay and other compensation, after he filed a whistleblower lawsuit saying he was retaliated against for complaining about fatigue or illness-related absences last year.

The employer, W-L Construction & Paving Inc. is a Chilhowie, W.Va., subsidiary of CRH Americas that operates in West Virginia and Tennessee and has about 250 employees. The name of the driver has not been disclosed.