As a result of gasoline and other fuel exposures, many tradespeople are at increased risk for leukemia. The crafts at elevated risk for leukemia include: Oil Refinery Workers Gasoline Tanker Truck Drivers Mechanics Maritime Workers Gas Station Attendants Railroad Workers […]

Railroads rely on solvents to break down the grime and grease that accumulates on locomotives and railcars. Many of the most popular railroad solvents are petroleum-based solvents. Historically, benzene was often found in these petroleum-based solvents.  As a result of […]

Railroad asbestos cases have resulted in a wide range of verdicts and settlements. Bear in mind, some cases have resulted in “not guilty” verdicts where the sickened worker received nothing. Hughes Law Offices has compiled a few railroad asbestos verdicts […]

For decades, the railroads relied on powerful chlorinated solvents to break down all the grime and grease that accumulates on locomotives and railcars. As a result of their exposures to these solvents, many railroad machinists and car shop workers are […]

Norfolk Southern Railway (“NS”) recently produced a document from 1984 that is evidence of the railroad industry’s reliance on asbestos-containing products. As context, around the mid-1980’s, Class I railroads like NS were being named in hundreds of lawsuits brought by […]