Our lawyers have seen a concerning trend among former railroad workers who fall ill years after first working for a rail company. Many individuals have developed the same types of cancers and related lung diseases, which can be linked to a wide range of toxic exposures, including diesel exhaust exposure.
When a former worker is diagnosed with an occupational lung disease or a cancer linked to toxic materials, they have the option of pursuing legal action to help pay for the difficulties ahead.
Contact a toxic exposure lawyer to discuss your legal options and to learn more about what toxins you may have been exposed to at your rail yard. Call us at (513) 381-2333 to begin reviewing your workplace injury claims.
What is Covered in a Railroad Injury Settlement?
Former Alton & Southern, Union Pacific and Gateway Yard workers have filed suit against their employers for failing to protect them at the workplace. The following can be recovered in railroad injury claims:
- Healthcare and medical costs
- Coverage for medication, surgery, and cancer treatments
- Costs not covered by health insurance
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation
- Lost wages
- Loss of future earnings
- Pain and suffering
- Overall reduced quality of life
- Wrongful Death
About Gateway Yard
Gateway Yard was first built by the Alton & Southern Railway company, and is now owned and operated by Union Pacific.
There are ten arrival tracks that feed over the hump into a 66-track classification yard. The yard has historically been very busy, and in the late 1990s, the hump was handling 2,400 rail cars per day.
Thousands of workers have been staffed at Gateway Yard over the years, including mechanics, machinists, electricians, pipefitters, engineers, conductors, equipment operators and others. Just about anyone who worked in the vicinity of a railyard could have been exposed to diesel exhaust, asbestos, creosote, silica and other toxins. The smell of diesel was apparently so pervasive at many railyards across the country, that workers would drag home the unmistakable odor on their clothing and person.
