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The guy was reporting unsafe working conditions at the workshop the sub was being built at. There have been warnings signs for a long time that were ignored. The hearing's purpose is to figure out who could have prevented it and have better enforcement in the future.
Unsafe as in "the sub isn't safe" or unsafe as in "the people working on the sub while it's out of the water are in danger"? Not defending the sub dumbasses of course I'm just not sure if the first one falls under OSHA
Found a clip. And a CNN summary
There's much more meat to this story, but "hand-typed Excel spreadsheet!" is more relatable to laymen, even if it's completely irrelevant.
Edit: Here's the 7 hour long testimony if you want to hear the full version.