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Dangers of Sleep Apnea in Virginia Railroad Workers

January 2, 2023

Railroad Injury/FELA

Falling asleep on the job is a long-standing joke that workers kid each other with. In many industries, however, falling asleep while working can be deadly. This is especially true in the railroad industry where having a member of a train crew or some other railroad workers become drowsy can have tragic consequences. Several years…

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A Brief Overview of How the Safety Appliance Act Protects Railroad Workers

September 9, 2021

Blog, Railroad Injury/FELA

A longer discussion of the provisions of the Safety Appliance Act (SAA) and how attorneys who represent railroad workers who suffer injuries or die on the job appears elsewhere on this website. Click here to go to “Applying the Safety Appliance Act Can Help Injured Railroad Workers Succeed With Claims for Compensation.” The SAA became…

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Man Killed in Virginia Railroad Crossing Accident; Residents Say Dangerous Crossing Lacks Warning Signals

June 30, 2021

Blog, Railroad Injury/FELA

A 45-year-old man was killed, and his child injured when their vehicle was struck by a train at the New Kent railroad crossing at Rockahock and Outpost Roads. According to police, at approximately 5:45 p.m. on June 24, Kevin A. Pence, of Mechanicsville, was headed south on Outpost in a Chevy Suburban that was partially…

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Railroads Must Do More to Protect Pedestrians

January 3, 2021

Blog, Railroad Injury/FELA

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) estimates that 94 percent of all deaths due to train crashes happen when people are on the tracks where and when they should not be. The majority of the fatalities, about 500 each year, are pedestrians. Deadly train collisions occur at railroad crossings, on bridges and overpasses, at stations, and…

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Crash at Private Railroad Crossing in Suffolk, VA Critically Injures Teen

December 17, 2020

Blog, Railroad Injury/FELA

A collision between a two-car train and a passenger vehicle in rural Suffolk, Virginia (VA), on the morning of December 12, 2020, sent the adult driver and a teenaged passenger to the hospital. The younger victim was airlifted from the scene and was reported to have sustained critical injuries.     The railroad crossing crash…

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