Ex-OSHA appealed his firing.

"OSHA says Whitmore intimidated co-workers and made them feel unsafe at work. The agency began investigating Whitmore after a July 2007 confrontation with Joe DuBois, his supervisor. Whitmore said DuBois spit on him, so Whitmore stuck his foot in the office door and said he would "kick your ass" if DuBois did it again. DuBois has said that he didn't intentionally spit on Whitmore, and he didn't believe the effort to fire Whitmore was based on his criticisms."

"Whitmore said Wednesday. "Obviously I did that. And I've paid the price for doing that.""

Enough said?