Rick Shapiro Speaks at Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys Winter Meeting
Rick spoke to members of ARLA about railroad worker injury law.
Rick spoke to members of ARLA about railroad worker injury law.
A woman from Missouri died in Colorado this week after she suffered a closed head traumatic brain injury (TBI) while snowboarding. According to the coroner’s office in Summit County CO, she had snowboarded for several days at Copper Mountain. The woman was wearing a helmet, but the coroner stated that she had several falls while…
A National Transportation Safety Board report found crew member fatigue played a major role in the recent collision of two railroad trains. Railroad worker fatigue has become so much of an issue that in 2012 the Federal Railroad Administration introduced a fatigue management plan for railroad companies to implement. However nearly a year later the FRA…
The firm sent a letter to the CPSC alerting the agency to possible safety risks associated with some component parts on ride-on mowers.
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