Former President Benjamin Harrison compared the risks railroad workers face to the risks soldiers face. “It is a reproach to our civilization that any class of American workmen, should in the pursuit of a necessary and useful vocation, be subjected to a peril of life...
Top Five Railroad Worker Occupational Diseases
In the late 1800s, the country’s railroad network rapidly expanded. Back then, there were no workplace safety laws to speak of. So, in 1908, lawmakers approved the Federal Employees Liability Act. Under FELA, railroads are liable for economic losses, such as medical...
Five Most Common Railroad Worker Occupational Diseases
Overall, the transportation industry is much safer and more efficient than it was a hundred years ago. Think how far automobiles and airplanes have advanced in that time. Railroads are the exception. This mode of transportation has not changed substantially since the...
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad. Now I Have Cancer.
Normally, cancer is a lifestyle-induced genetic disease. Sometimes, it’s the other way around. Therefore, these illness claims are very complex. When microscopic toxic particles enter the body, they cause cells to multiply rapidly and uncontrollably. These toxic...
Three Common Railroad Worker Occupational Diseases
An occupational disease is a job-related illness which arises over the course of more than one work shift. Due to the hazardous and repetitive nature of their jobs, railroad workers are especially susceptible to these injuries. So, if you worked the rails and you have...
FAQ About Railroad Injuries
Although the railroad worker injury rate has dropped in recent decades, it’s still almost twice as high as the injury rate in other occupations. These injuries are legally complex. Since they occur on federal property, state workers’ compensation programs don’t cover...
Verdict Alert | Railroad Ordered to Pay Over $21 Million to Injured Engineer
According to the American Association of Justice, an engineer for BSNF Railroad was working where tanker cars filed with casinghead gasoline, a very toxic and volatile product from oil fracking fields, were being coupled together. The cars vented poisonous gas...
