OSHA protected those tornado endangered workers

Listening to a guest on Hartmann's show this morning she laid out how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) protects workers in that tornado situation. If you in good faith believe there is an "imminent danger" then you can refuse to work without retaliation of being fired (1977.12(b)(2)).  

Of course a question is were workers aware of this protection? Granted workplaces usually post OSHA regulations but many workers don't understand the jargon. And of course workers are more inclined to accept a boss's threat of termination in such a situation, which is what happened in this case. If anything, the surviving victims and family can use the law to sue the shit out of these employers. 

The employers will of course say OSHA was posted, if in fact it was, and therefore they are not responsible for employees in this case. But workers being told they'd be fired if they left should override that excuse. It will depend on the skill of the lawyers and of course the agenda of the particular courts.