A Union Pacific railroad worker died after getting struck by a freight train in Arlington, Texas (TX). The fatal on-the-job accident happened around 11: 20 am on September 22, 2017, in the 800 block of Stadium Drive. The site of the deadly train crash is just south of Globe Life Park, where the Texas Rangers…
For people that live or work along a certain street in Wytheville, Virginia (VA) the sight of twelve different trains passing through daily is no reason to be concerned. However when a train derailed and scattered 14 cars along the street that was a surprise and a reminder that railroad injuries happen more often than…
Andres Tapia was going about his day as a switchman for the Belt Railway of Chicago when his life came to a sudden, tragic end. He was crushed to death between two rail cars in a hump yard. Fellow railroad workers found Tapia after his remote control device sent out an automatic “man down” alert. He was…
There are numerous negative health effects associated with prolonged exposure to diesel exhaust fumes including breathing impairments (often called occupational asthma or “diesel asthma”) and lung cancer. Now, studies show a correlation between exposure to diesel exhaust fumes and bladder cancer. The Clean Air Task Force released a study in 2008 showing a 13 percent increase in…
A train engineer working alone to move a train in a Northeastern Ohio rail yard by remote control lost his life when the train ran over him. The fatal accident occurred in the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway yard in Brewster, OH, on the night of November 6, 222016. The engineer, identified as…