U.S. railroads were among the leading users of asbestos insulation and brake components throughout the 20th century. The toxic, cancer-causing material could still be found on trains and in rail yards well into the 2000s because federal rules aimed at ending nearly all industrial and commercial uses of asbestos were issued with loopholes that allowed…
Accepting that long-term, chronic exposure to diesel fumes causes lung problems ranging from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to cancer took several decades. Federal rules for limiting how must exhaust from diesel engines workers must breathe in only started emerging during the 1990s and early 2000s. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration still has…
The retired engineer had worked for Conrail for 23 years, primarily crewing switcher locomotives in rail yards around Detroit.
This news item focuses on a major procedural victory secured by firm attorney Rick Shapiro in a FELA railroad worker injury lawsuit.
A man working on the railroad tracks in the 1100 block of Goff Street in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), suffered life-threatening injuries when a Norfolk Southern train struck him on the evening of January 14, 2018. Local police and rescue squads responded to the call a little before 5:30 pm and had the injured man transported…